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

[Michael Gilbert <mgilbert@debian.org>]

> That's using a kernel three releases newer than the userland.  We
> generally like backward compatibility, but I don't it's tenable to go
> that far.

I find this loss of compatibility unfortunate.  I think there is value
in continuing to support chroots of old releases.

> Does the uname26 program from
> http://mirror.linux.org.au/linux/kernel/people/ak/uname26/ help?

Thanks for the pointer.  uname26 works like a charm.

Mike