On Sun, May 21, 2006 at 11:20:38PM +0200, Christian T. Steigies wrote: > On Sun, May 21, 2006 at 09:35:05PM +0200, Stefan Huehner wrote: > > Hi, > > > > i've noticed that there are 2 packages for/referecing the kernel 2.2 > > branch in the archive. > > > > Package: kernel-patch-2.2.25-m68k > > Binary: kernel-patch-2.2.25-m68k > > > > Package: kernel-source-2.2.25 > > Binary: kernel-source-2.2.25, kernel-doc-2.2.25 > > > > Are these two actually needed/used today? Or can they be removed? > > As the name suggests, they are used to build the 2.2.25 kernel-images for > m68k, and unfortunately some m68k subarches are know to work only with 2.2 > currently, that is (at least) several Atari (some work with 2.4.x) and Mac > machines (Q840AV is working for me, no other machine has been reported to > work with 2.6.x), see: > > http://wiki.debian.org/DebianM68kKernel > > Last week the m68k developers agreed that 2.4 could be removed, now you want > to pull 2.2 as well and cut the number of my packages in half? That will > need some further discussion among the m68k folks... does this also mean > that an etch installation will require a 2.6 kernel to run on the machine? > Some of the m68k buildds (most macs) are still running 2.2.25, the two Atari > Falcons run 2.4. > > And what would I get in return for slashing my karma rating? No need to do that :)
I wasn't aware that these are still needed/used. As this is the case its fine to keep that until these subarches are converted. Regards, Stefan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
