ne... wrote:
On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 15:28, Duncan Mac-Vicar Prett
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 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org