Re: Kernel 2.4 for etch or not
debian@layer-acht.org wrote:
> - Kernel 2.6 is still a moving target...
And it will always be, so people should learn to deal with this.
> - Some hardware is only supported with 2.4, for example older laptops
> which need APM and don't work with ACPI. Also some non-i386 machines.
What about fixing ACPI instead?
> - According to popcon, 6-7% of the i386 users have a kernel-2.4 image
> installed.
This hardly makes them more interesting, and even 7% is a too little
number of users to justify the work needed to keep supporting 2.4
kernels, not only strictly kernel-related but also for all the other
packages which would like to depend on features only available in 2.6
kernels (starting from d-i).
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ciao,
Marco
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