Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-factory (341 mails)

[Duncan Mac-Vicar Prett <dmacvicar@xxxxxxx>]

ne... wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 15:28, Duncan Mac-Vicar Prett <dmacvicar@xxxxxxx> 
> wrote:
> {snip]
>   
> > I understand your frustration. I can't get convinced though that a
> > backport is worth the priority.
> >
> > - Either the system is non critical and you don't change kernels (I mean
> > kernel versions) like end-users do
> > - We can reasonable assume a SUSE kernel update will work.
> > - If you run a critical system, you would not change the kernel on a the
> > production system.
> >     
> I think you are missing the point. The point is that by removing a known 
> working
> kernel and installing a kernel that does not work on the user's system
> leaves the
> user in a bind. It is much better to have multiple kernels installed
> as that insures
> that the user will have one that works. This is one reason why I never
> user yast or
> zypper to do kernel upgrades. I use rpm -i and then when I know the
> newly installed
> kernel works to my satisfaction, I can rpm -e to remove the old
> kernel.  I hope this
> helps clarify the situation.
>   
I do understand the point. I am arguing how important is to backport it
for 11.0, and the fact that I don't think an official kernel update has
much chance of not working on the machine if the previous one did.

Duncan


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