http://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=948722 Bug ID: 948722 Summary: Kernel:stable/standard kernel-pae/kernel-default obsolete kernel-desktop <= 4.3 Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE Factory Version: 2015* Hardware: Other OS: SUSE Other Status: NEW Severity: Major Priority: P5 - None Component: Kernel Assignee: kernel-maintainers@forge.provo.novell.com Reporter: AxelKoellhofer@web.de QA Contact: qa-bugs@suse.de Found By: --- Blocker: --- Hi there, I am using openSUSE 13.1 with kernels from repo Kernel:stable/standard. A few days ago all packages of "kernel-desktop" flavors got removed with the following entry in changelog: * Fr Sep 25 2015 mmarek@suse.cz - Merge kernel-desktop back into kernel-default/kernel-pae (fate#319416) - commit ad49492 So far, so good, and it was certainly OK to do so which also applies to this: Provides: kernel-desktop = 4.3 Provides: kernel-desktop-base = 4.3 However, I think this is not such a good idea: Obsoletes: kernel-desktop <= 4.3 Obsoletes: kernel-desktop-base <= 4.3 Let's say some user wants to test one of those kernels on his stable openSUSE version (like 13.1/13.2) but does not want to delete his running kernel released for that stable distro (like "kernel-desktop-3.16.X" for openSUSE 13.2 or "kernel-desktop-3.11.X" for openSUSE 13.1) which was installed by default and most likely will be a "desktop"-flavored kernel. With the obsoletion of all "kernel-desktop" packages < 4.3 (= any kernel--desktop package from any stable kernel version ever released for openSUSE)this would force the user to remove older "known to work" kernels but only the ones of the "desktop"-flavor. Yes, I could just replace the older "kernel-desktop" package by a respective "kernel-default" from 13.1/13.2, but that would not really make sense. It should be possible to keep an older, stable "kernel-desktop" (i.e. one from the running, stable release) as a fallback. IMHO the new kernel-pae/kernel-default should not obsolete any stable distro kernel for supported openSUSE releases, so the best way would be to remove obsoletion of kernel-desktop <= 4.3 from the packages on kernel:stable/standard. Greetings, AK -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.