Re: removing 2.4 from etch/sid
Sven Luther wrote:
> On Wed, May 17, 2006 at 11:57:51AM +0200, Martin Michlmayr wrote:
> > * dann frazier <dannf@debian.org> [2006-05-16 17:04]:
> > > I believe there's a rough consensus to not ship 2.4 in etch. Anyone
> > > object to a filing of bugs to remove these packages from etch?
> >
> > For mips/mipsel, there's at least one sub-arch that is not in 2.6 yet.
> > It's getting close though, but in the meantime I'd like to keep 2.4.
> >
> > For arm, I've recently removed the last bits of 2.4 from d-i and I was
> > going to request the removal after the next d-i beta.
>
> >
> > In general, imho 2.4 should be removed from d-i first for each arch,
> > and then after the next beta the 2.4 kernel images can be removed. We
> > can start with the removal of 2.4 from those architectures which no
> > longer use 2.4 at all (e.g. powerpc).
>
> Notice that we are not asking removal from d-i, but from the archive
> completely.
It will AFAICS break all remaining d-i with 2.4 because those try to
install a 2.4 kernel from testing by default.
Frans, Joey, what is your opinion about this?
Thiemo
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