Bug#548466: real kernel is undependable

2009-09-28 Thread Vasilis Vasaitis
(Jumping into the conversation because I've been bitten by this too.) > > - don't put too much version information into the name of the > >"real" kernel package, and use the debian version number > >instead > > No, the binary package names must change for every ABI change, just as > for

Bug#548466: real kernel is undependable

2009-09-27 Thread Harald Dunkel
On 09/28/09 04:04, Ben Hutchings wrote: The separation between linux-2.6 and linux-latest-2.6 allows for a later kernel version to be added to a suite without replacing the previous one, as with 2.6.24 added in etch-and-1/2. Neither of these options can achieve that. I understand how this is

Bug#548466: real kernel is undependable

2009-09-27 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Sat, 2009-09-26 at 16:06 +0200, Harald Dunkel wrote: > Package: linux-latest-2.6 > Version: 2.6.30+20 > Severity: wishlist > > linux-image-amd64 and linux-image-2.6-amd64 seem to be pretty > fragile. Every other day their dependency to the "real" kernel > package is broken, because the kernel h

Bug#548466: real kernel is undependable

2009-09-26 Thread Harald Dunkel
Package: linux-latest-2.6 Version: 2.6.30+20 Severity: wishlist linux-image-amd64 and linux-image-2.6-amd64 seem to be pretty fragile. Every other day their dependency to the "real" kernel package is broken, because the kernel has been updated and linux-latest-2.6 is not in sync. Do you think it