Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> I like the idea while I keep in my mind that Joey had some reasons to
>> dislike the udeb building from kernel source. I don't remember which
>
> He dislikes it, because he then will have less control over the .udeb content.
> But the one archive-per-kernel-abi idea is not dependent on building the
> .udebs from the linux-2.6 source package, so this doesn't apply here.
Well, since it doesn't depend, so let's we skip it for now.
>> was the reasons but would be good if you review his posts and check if
>> those problems will still happen if we implement your proposal.
>
> I will expose these ideas at fosdem, during a conference, and we can have a
> chat afterward. It is etch+1 material anyway. And then we can retalk about
> them at debconf'07.
Right. Would be nice to meet you there :-D
>> Other problem that I see is how we'll say:
>>
>> version X is supported
>> version Y isn't supported, use at your own risk
>
> Well, the supported versions may be pulled in into the sarge/etch/sid relese
> files, the per-version only being around for development cycles.
>
> The d-i image, could even go as far as noticing that you are using a kernel
> which is not in the main releases, informing the user that he may be using an
> out-dated image, and then looking at the per-abi archives
Yes. That would be nice to have. That would make the user life easier
so he will be informated what's going on instead of just fail to install.
>> that can stay to be messy.
>
> Not if done right, and as said, this plan has the potential to be a clean and
> neat implementation, where everyone will say afterward, how did we ever manage
> it before.
>
> The real interogation are on the ftp-master side.
heheh. Let's hope they like the idea ;-)
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