Re: Bug#219582: ITP: linux -- Linux 2.4 kernel

[Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>]

Robert Millan <rmh@debian.org> wrote:
> Package: wnpp
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> * Package name    : linux
>  Version         : 2.4.22
>  Upstream Author : Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com> and others, see:
>                    http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/CREDITS
> * URL             : http://www.kernel.org/
> * License         : GPL
>  Description     : Linux 2.4 kernel
> 
> Linux 2.4 kernel re-packaged as a standard Debian package. For details, see:
> 
>  http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2003/debian-devel-200311/msg00204.html
> 
> Package sources available in:
> 
>  http://people.debian.org/~rmh/linux/

I welcome this experiment in a new package of the Linux kernel.  I will
be observing its progress in the coming months.

Unlike other core components of the distribution, the kernel package
is easily replaced so there should be no problems hosting two packages
in Debian.

Cheers,
-- 
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