2009/10/7 Josselin Mouette <j...@debian.org>: > Le mercredi 07 octobre 2009 à 14:12 +1100, Russell Coker a écrit : >> I expect that the kernel team tends to be more careful about uploads to >> Unstable than most package maintainers due to the scope of damage that a bad >> kernel can cause. > > I think it is unreasonable to ask them to check interactions with > hundreds, if not thousands, of packages in the archive. You are asking > the impossible from people who are already doing a great job providing > kernel images that basically never break after an upgrade – unlike, say, > CUPS packages.
I believe one of us misread Russell. :) I thought he meant "While I understand that you'll be crapped on if a kernel upload eats data, I think it would be ok to ...". As I read it, he's not expecting them to do anything *more* than they already do, just to relax the protection argument a little when it comes to people who are already aiming at their feet. Take care, Martin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
