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.
