On Sat, Nov 04, 2006 at 08:37:51PM -0300, Otavio Salvador wrote: > Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >> >> The biggest problem here is that will looks like we'll support all > >> >> those combinations regarting security and also bug fixing and this > >> >> won't be true... that can be used if it stay just as a sid resource... > >> > > >> > Since the problem of moving versions only appears during the development > >> > phase > >> > of a release, not once it is released, this is indeed no problem at all. > >> > > >> > Please go ahead and try to do a beta3 netboot install right now, it will > >> > have > >> > trouble since we can't have 2.6.15 or whatever it was, and 2.6.17 kernel > >> > modules in the archive at the same time. Not easily anyway. > >> > >> Yes. I know it'll fail. > >> > >> I see the problem you're trying to address ... I just not sure if it's > >> the right way to solve it. > > > > Do you see another way ? I mean, sure doing nothing and ignoring the issue > > is > > another way to address the issue, but somehow that is not very satisfying. > > Maybe the installer kernel would have the release version on the > package name and then it wouldn't be remove from the suite until the > next version. e.g: > > - linux-image-d-i-4.0-rc1
So you prefer ugly hacked solution over cleant and neat ones ? > It would make sure that all udebs would be available until we move > the: > > - linux-image-d-i-4.0-rc2 > > or > > - linux-image-d-i-4.0-release Yeah. You know we stopped doing this kind of stuff for the kernel package over a year ago, and probably for a reason, don't you think ? > In that way we don't need to support a lot of images but just the > current and the next one while doing the development on sid. Keep on > mind that we don't have two major kernel versions anymore and then it > would be easy to do. It would work basically as other core components > like GCC or XEN. Yeah, like the 3-4 gcc versions we keep around. This doesn't solve the problem of older d-i images though. But we will see. Friendly, Sven Luther > > -- > O T A V I O S A L V A D O R > --------------------------------------------- > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] UIN: 5906116 > GNU/Linux User: 239058 GPG ID: 49A5F855 > Home Page: http://www.freedom.ind.br/otavio > --------------------------------------------- > "Microsoft gives you Windows ... Linux gives > you the whole house." > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Orange vous informe que cet e-mail a ete controle par l'anti-virus mail. > Aucun virus connu a ce jour par nos services n'a ete detecte. > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
