Re: RFC: kernel packages cleanup

[Thiemo Seufer <ica2_ts@csv.ica.uni-stuttgart.de>]

Adrian Bunk wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> below is a proposal for some cleanup of the kernel packages in unstable:
> 
> 
> 1. remove kernel 2.2 sources/images/patches
> 
> The last stable releases of Debian always supported two major kernel
> releases, and supporting 2.4 and 2.6 seems to be sufficient for
> Debian 3.1.
> 
> Is there any architecture that _really_ requires kernel 2.2 today?

m68k, at least.

[snip]
> 3. reduce the number of 2.4 kernel versions
> 
> In unstable, there are currently kernel sources for six different 2.4 
> kernels (2.4.{19,20,21,22,24,25}). I'd like to see the number of such 
> packages reduced.

ATM, mipsel uses 2.4.19, mips 2.4.22. Hopefully we'll have 2.4.25
soon in the archive and working for all supported machines.


Thiemo