A new kernel-version policy for Ubuntu

The Canonical Kernel Team has announceda new policy regarding the version of the kernel that will ship with eachUbuntu release; the result will generally be the shipping of newerreleases.

To provide users with the absolute latest in features and hardwaresupport, Ubuntu will now ship the absolute latest available versionof the upstream Linux kernel at the specified Ubuntu release freezedate, even if upstream is still in Release Candidate (RC) status.

The post goes on to acknowledge that "there are issues with thisapproach"; there are a lot of policy details that will apply dependingon just how raw the shipped kernel is.