Re: Why discover1-data is so old in Debian Sarge, while in unstable is up to date ?
>>>>> "petter" == Petter Reinholdtsen <pere@hungry.com> writes:
petter> [Francesco P. Lovergine]
>> Someone suggested that discover1-data should enter the volatile
>> archive. It could have sense, IMHO. That along with an
>> up-to-date d-installer could allow installation of sarge for
>> years from now...
petter> Would need a kernel with up to date drivers as well.
petter> I seriously belive this should go into the real release,
petter> and not volatile, to make sure the stable release is
petter> actually usable on newer hardware, when that time comes.
Add a new kernel is more complicated since it'll need more testing
and verification about regressions. I don't think it's easy to
solve.
Expecifically about discover1-data I agree with you.
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