Bug#700884: linux: please use a three-number version for experimental kernel packages

[Michael Gilbert <mgilbert@debian.org>]

package: linux
severity: important
control: affects -1 src:debootstrap

uname presents a two-number version in the experimental kernel packages, e.g.

$ dpkg -l | grep linux-image
ii  linux-image-3.7-trunk-amd64                    3.7.3-1~experimental.1
$ uname -r
3.7-trunk-amd64

This makes it impossible to bootstrap releases older than squeeze
(when running an experimental kernel).  See bug #642031.  As mentioned
in that bug report, debootsrap could include a fake-uname LD_PRELOAD,
but that is quite ugly, and Joey Hess is understandably reluctant to
do that.

Please consider using a three-number version for the experimental packages.

Thanks,
MIke