Re: getting kernel 2.2 into slink
Brian White wrote:
> Disclamers are of marginal use. It will appear as installable and tell
> people to "install me" just as an elevator buttun tells people "push me".
Installing a kernel 2.2 source package just dumps a tar file in /usr/src. I
don't see how this could break a system. Actually building and installing
that source package is more difficult than pushing an elevator button (even
with kernel-package ;-)
> Adding a disclaimer is like taking a door with a big, "pull me" handle
> and putting a "push" sign above it. The "affordance" of the handle
> talks far more loudly than the sign.
/usr/src/kernels-source-2.0.tar.gz
Adding this file to the distribution really doesn't add a handle to the
door. A better analogy would be adding a locked door with a numeric keypad.
You have to go hunt in the archives (/usr/doc) to find out the conbination
you need to open the door.
> There is good reason to have new kernels in "unstable", but we're
> talking "stable", here.
But keep in mind we're also talking about a _source_package_.
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