Bug#387025: Bug#386972: Network failure on upgrade to 2.6.16
On Wed, Sep 13, 2006 at 11:52:38PM +0200, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Sep 2006 23:11:23 +0200 maximilian attems wrote:
>
> > we don't support 2.6.16 anymore, no need to play around,
> > thus remerging the bugs.
> > please be so kind to provide upstream bug report as follow up
>
> If no longer supported, then the correct thing to do is either to
> abandon the package (to allow others to possibly adopt it and continue
> its support in Debian), or request its removal from the archive.
>
> Not supporting a package is no excuse for avoiding bugreports against
> it!
ahh i love your constructive interaction in bug reports.
what matters is that the etch targeted kernel seems still affected.
2.6.16 is kept in the archive for beta 3 of d-i.
> And please remember that it is the job of the package maintainer to pass
> on relevant info to upstream, not the bugreporter. Great if they do,
> but not their job really.
that is practicable for small projects.
if bug submitter verifies it on latest kernel, upstream is happy to know
about the trouble and will interact much quicker with the reporter itself.
--
maks
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