Re: purpose of kernel-tree packages

[dann frazier <dannf@dannf.org>]

On Thu, 2005-02-10 at 02:35 +0100, martin f krafft wrote:
> Thanks for the doc, Dann.
> 
> However, I think you will still agree with me that the control
> description for kernel-tree packages is largely false and
> misguiding. I propose the following instead:
> 
>   Description: Linux kernel source tree for building Debian kernel images
>    This meta package is used as a build dependency of Debian
>    kernel-image packages to prevent a version discrepancy between
>    the kernel-image and corresponding kernel-sources packages in the
>    fast-moving unstable archive. The package's dependency relations
>    are structured so that a kernel-image package's build
>    dependencies can always be satisfied, even if the kernel-source
>    package that had been used to compile the image has been
>    superseeded by a newer Debian revision since the last build.
>    .
>    The package provides a list of virtual packages, corresponding to
>    Debian revisions of a kernel-source package. The Debian
>    kernel-patch contains the information needed to roll back the
>    current kernel-source to any of the revisions identified by the
>    provided virtual packages. Therefore, the kernel-tree package
>    ensures the availability of the kernel source tree corresponding
>    to each of the virtual packages listed.
>    .
>    The package serves no purpose outside of the Debian build and
>    archive infrastructure.
> 
> Comments?
> 

I think it makes some good clarifications - I've no objection to using
your updated description - anyone else?

Just one spelling correction: s/superseeded/superseded/