Bug#756996: mentions of 2.6 kernel in the d-i manual
Hi,
Samuel Thibault <sthibault@debian.org> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Holger Wansing, le Mon 04 Aug 2014 11:55:43 +0200, a écrit :
> > Please note that I have added an entity for the default kernel series
> > shipped with the respective release.
> > Would it be worse to add such an entity?
>
> I'm actually surprised it wasn't there already.:
>
> > Is 3.14 kernel for Jessie correct?
>
> Recent mails said it'd rather be 3.16
>
> > Index: en/appendix/files.xml
> > ===================================================================
> > --- en/appendix/files.xml (Revision 69218)
> > +++ en/appendix/files.xml (Arbeitskopie)
> > @@ -202,7 +202,8 @@
> > <para>
> >
> > A standard installation for the amd64 architecture, including all standard
> > -packages and using the default 2.6 kernel, takes up &std-system-size;MB of disk space.
> > +packages and using the default &linuxkernelseries-ver; kernel, takes up to
> > +&std-system-size;MB of disk space.
> > A minimal base installation, without the <quote>Standard system</quote>
> > task selected, will take &base-system-size;MB.
>
> Well, I'm not sure it's actually useful to mention the kernel version
> at all actually. Mentioning the precise version (3.16) seems really
> pointless at least.
That's exactly why I asked above if it would be worse to add such
an entity. Do we need that information? As it seems: no.
Then there is no need to create that entity at all, right?
Holger
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