Re: Why is bullseye-backports recommended on bookworm?
On Sat 18 Nov 2023 at 23:33:59 (+0100), Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> On 2023-11-18 09:18:56 -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> > The "6.1.0-" part comes from the upstream release series. All the
> > kernel images containing "6.1.0-" in this section should come from the
> > same upstream series (6.1.x), and should have basically the same feature
> > set, with no major changes.
>
> BTW, since this is for 6.1.x, I've always wondered why Debian uses the
> "6.1.0-" prefix instead of "6.1-". The "6.1.0" is a bit confusing.
So as not to confuse and break software that's hardwired to expect
three numbers in any linux kernel version.
Cheers,
David.
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