Missing important kernel images in 1rst Debian DVD and CD
Hi,
As usually important kernel-images (like kernel-image-2.6-k7) are missing
in 1rst DVD disk of latest official Sarge DVD images (Oct-22 and older),
while not usefull (outdated) kernel images take lots of place in first
Debian Sarge DVD:
morph@Zaidimai:/media$ du -h cdrom/pool/main/k |grep kernel |grep M
4,5M cdrom/pool/main/k/kernel-image-2.4.25-i386
4,8M cdrom/pool/main/k/kernel-image-2.4.26-i386
42M cdrom/pool/main/k/kernel-image-2.4.27-i386
18M cdrom/pool/main/k/kernel-image-2.6.7-i386
62M cdrom/pool/main/k/kernel-image-2.6.8-amd64
43M cdrom/pool/main/k/kernel-image-2.6.8-i386
11M cdrom/pool/main/k/kernel-image-speakup-i386
4,0M cdrom/pool/main/k/kernel-source-2.4.26
40M cdrom/pool/main/k/kernel-source-2.6.6
40M cdrom/pool/main/k/kernel-source-2.6.7
More, than 100 MB are wasted by not usefull (outdated) kernel-image and
kernel-source packages, while latest aren't fully included - for example
there are missing kernel-image-2.6.8-1-k7 and kernel-headers-2.6.8-k7 :(
I think debian-cd scripts should be modified to include only one version
(with all variants - 686, k7, 586, etc.) of kernel-image-2.4.x and one of
kernel-image-2.6.x
Popularity-contest shouldn't make impact on kernel-image, kernel-headers,
kernel-doc or kernel-source packages, because there always will be lots
of people, who uses outdated kernel packages.
Excluding/including kernel packages should be not static (like writing
concrete kernel-image or kernel-source versions in tasks/exclude-sarge
file), but intelligent (maybe with regexps or maybe generating
tasks/included_kernels file on the fly (from list of available packages)
in CD/DVD image making scripts. Basic rules should be following:
1. Should *always* include all variants (ant least in 1rst DVD image
should be 686, k7, etc) of latest kernel-image-2.6 and kernel-image-2.4)
2. Should *always* exclude older (not latest) versions of kernel-source,
kernel-doc, kernel-patch-debian, kernel-tree, kernel-headers and
kernel-pcmcia-modules
More info about kernel images in first CD are in this tread:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-cd/2004/01/msg00144.html
As I understand this is debian-cd package's job, should I report a bug
agains this package?
Thanks for work and good luck,
Mantas Kriaučiūnas <mantas@akl.lt> Jabber ID: mantas@akl.lt
Public organization "Open Source for Lithuania" - www.akl.lt
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