Re: removing 2.4 from etch/sid

[Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr>]

On Thu, May 18, 2006 at 11:12:06AM +0200, Marco d'Itri wrote:
> sven.luther@wanadoo.fr wrote:
> 
> >Naturally, udev is a mess, even in the case of 2.6->2.6 upgrades, and we don't
> >need to handle the case of self built kernels, as the user will probably know
> >how to handle the upgrade and o it by hand.
> We actually do handle self built kernels, the same way we handle debian
> kernels: users need to confirm that a suitable kernel has been installed
> before starting the upgrade process.

I meant, they will not be upgraded automatically via the meta-package. And a
self built kernel supposed the user is knowledgeable enough to do abit of
work.

> Upgrades from 2.4 are not an issue for udev since it disables itself
> when an unsupported kernel is detected.

Indeed

Friendly,

Sven Luther