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--- Comment #14 from Ján Kupec <jkupec@xxxxxxxxxx>  2007-12-11 06:18:41 MST ---
(In reply to comment #12 from Stanislav Visnovsky)
> (In reply to comment #10 from Ján Kupec)
> > I'd say it should be the default. I'm not sure whether the updating of 
> > kernel
> > (installing the new and removing the old one right away) makes sense at all.
>
> The biggest concerns are: 
> - space needed, as new kernel requires creation of new initrd

I agree. So we need a fallback to "update" instead of "parallel install" in
such case. This should be handled in libzypp i guess, with a callback(s) for
interaction from the apps ("Not enough space to install the new kernel while
keeping the old one, do you want to update the running kernel?").

> - how to identify the number of kernels to keep

This should be probably left on the user. Advanced users will know what kernels
the don't need anymore and how to remove them (e.g. with rpm -e).

But for common users, our package managers should provide a way to remove them
(yast packager and zypper rm) and the documentation (User guide, wiki, etc.)
should contain an advice for them "Once your system works all right with the
new kernel, and you make no use of the older versions, you can safely remove
all the other kernel versions".


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