Re: removing 2.4 from etch/sid
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).
This makes sense to me; maybe we should create a hitlist of 2.4 stuff
that needs to be removed before etch, and remove all the bits that
don't break d-i now, something like:
http://wiki.debian.org/DebianKernel2%2e4EtchHitList
--
dann frazier
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