also sprach Matthew Garrett <mgarrett@chiark.greenend.org.uk> [2003.09.22.1320 +0200]: > It would be inappropriate to do it within a stable release, sure, > but it is something that Debian do do in general. In this case > it's a chunk of code that has almost nothing to do with the core > kernel code - it just so happens that in the pathological case of > a kernel patch, there's some awkwardness. That's an indication > that our kernel patching system should be rationalised, not that > shipping modified kernels is wrong. First, you should not compare kernel packages to the rest of the Debian system. Second, read again what you wrote. Are you kidding me? "it's a chunk of code that has almost nothing to do with the core kernel code" You don't consider the IP stack to be core? Are you a Windows user? -- Please do not CC me when replying to lists; I read them! .''`. martin f. krafft <madduck@debian.org> : :' : proud Debian developer, admin, and user `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing a system Invalid/expired PGP subkeys? Use subkeys.pgp.net as keyserver!
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