Re: Why discover1-data is so old in Debian Sarge, while in unstable is up to date ?
>>>>> "andreas" == Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> writes:
andreas> * Eddy Petrisor (eddy.petrisor@gmail.com) [050608 21:03]:
>> On 6/7/05, Petter Reinholdtsen <pere@hungry.com> wrote: >
>> [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...
>> >
>> > Would need a kernel with up to date drivers as well.
>> so? can't there be modules, like the ones for pcmcia? I know
>> backporting is hard sometimes, but the idea with discover in
>> volatile, seems reasonable and justified.
andreas> IMHO it's first the decision of the maintainers whether
andreas> they consider an updated package in volatile to be
andreas> sensible or not. Also, a newer kernel _might_ be possible
andreas> in volatile one day - but that's not something for the
andreas> weekend after the release of sarge. Whoever needs always
andreas> the latest stuff is better off with backports.org and
andreas> similar repositories.
But kernel is a lot more complicated since it, to be used on
install time, need a updated installer and a lot of other
things. Only the kernel available on volatile doesn't solve the
problem with unsuported hardware by install time.
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