Bug#700884: linux: please use a three-number version for experimental kernel packages

2013-02-18 Thread Ben Hutchings
Control: tag -1 wontfix On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 12:15:11PM -0800, Jonathan Nieder wrote: [...] > That's using a kernel three releases newer than the userland. We > generally like backward compatibility, but I don't it's tenable to go > that far. I quite agree. We've kept the fake '.0' for wheez

Bug#700884: linux: please use a three-number version for experimental kernel packages

2013-02-18 Thread Michael Gilbert
> That's using a kernel three releases newer than the userland. We > generally like backward compatibility, but I don't it's tenable to go > that far. I find this loss of compatibility unfortunate. I think there is value in continuing to support chroots of old releases. > Does the uname26 progr

Bug#700884: linux: please use a three-number version for experimental kernel packages

2013-02-18 Thread Jonathan Nieder
severity 700884 wishlist affects 700884 + coreutils quit Hi Michael, Michael Gilbert wrote: > uname presents a two-number version in the experimental kernel packages, e.g. > > $ dpkg -l | grep linux-image > ii linux-image-3.7-trunk-amd643.7.3-1~experimental.1 > $ uname -r >

Bug#700884: linux: please use a three-number version for experimental kernel packages

2013-02-18 Thread Michael Gilbert
package: linux severity: important control: affects -1 src:debootstrap uname presents a two-number version in the experimental kernel packages, e.g. $ dpkg -l | grep linux-image ii linux-image-3.7-trunk-amd643.7.3-1~experimental.1 $ uname -r 3.7-trunk-amd64 This makes it imp