Bug#1033065: release-notes: i386 notes should specify minimum CPU requirements
On Mon, 29 May 2023 06:52:22 +0200 Paul Gevers <elbrus@debian.org> wrote:
> On 28-05-2023 17:32, Paul Gevers wrote:
> > On 11-05-2023 20:20, Paul Gevers wrote:
> >> Please review my proposal here:
> >>
> >> https://salsa.debian.org/ddp-team/release-notes/-/merge_requests/166
> >
> > The release notes now document that the baseline has been bumped.
>
> I ment this message to close the bug, but I failed to adjust the mail To
> header.
As commented both on Salsa and in response to your previous e-mail, I
still don't think that the release notes adequately describe the
updated baseline for i386.
As previously stated, the Geode LX (but not older Geodes) does fulfill
the baseline requirement for i686. NOPL, PAE and others were marked by
Intel as optional features. If what the new Debian baseline really
means is something that can run the -686-pae kernel, the release notes
should explicitly say so.
On a related issue, something in dpkg or apt should check the CPU
features and refuse to perform an upgrade/dist-upgrade on an host
whose CPU doesn't meet the new baseline requirements.
Martin-Éric
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