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Re: renaming linux-kernel source package



Andres Salomon wrote:
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> >> >>   * Older kernels get removed; no need to ask for manual removal of
> >> >>     linux-kernel-2.6.12 after 2.6.13 becomes available for all archs. 
> >> >>     However, we lose the ability to have multiple 2.6's in a release,
> >> >>     which sounds like a win to me; we shouldn't be doing multiple 2.6
> >> >>     releases anymore anyways, the security team has made it clear they
> >> >>     don't want to support multiple kernels, and it would be extra pressure
> >> >>     for all archs to keep up.
> >> > 
> >> > This makes it unlikely to ever get working mips/mipsel kernels in the
> >> > single source package.
> >> 
> >> Perhaps you could give a reason why this is the case?
> > 
> > Because I'm currently at 2.5 of ~8 subarchitectures working for 2.6.12,
> > and I hear already talk about 2.6.13.
> 
> I wasn't aware that you worked on mips/mipsel stuff for older kernels in
> the archive anyways, except for the case when we decide to stabilize on a
> certain version for a release.  In any case, now that experimental is
> autobuilt, we can upload a new kernel to it and stabilize architectures,
> while simultaneously updating the older version in sid

Does this mean to maintain two separate tracks then? Moving the
experimental package to unstable could never be done when it is
constantly updated.


Thiemo



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