Bug#301799: kernel-tree-2.6.11: new upstream source available: 2.6.11.6

[Thiemo Seufer <ths@networkno.de>]

Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> On Wed, 30 Mar 2005, Horms wrote:
> > > with 2.6.11.X, including the numbering (i.e. next upload should be
> > > kernel-source-2.6.11, package version 2.6.11.6-1).
> > 
> > I agree it would be good to sync up the patches,
> > but I don't think there is any need to include the
> > .6 in the debian version as we never did this for 2.6.8.
> 
> It is much more user-friendly, and it readly provides information on the
> most up-to-date tree it was synced with, in aptitude/dselect/synaptic...

The kernel usually also includes backports from newer versions, the
fourth level would thus lead to incorrect assumptions. The Debian
kernel is not simply the upstream version in Debian packaging.


Thiemo