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Author Re: Depending on kernel >= 2.6
Mike Fedyk

2004-09-06, 5:51 pm

Adrian 'Dagurashibanipal' von Bidder wrote:

>On Thursday 02 September 2004 18.34, Gunnar Wolf wrote:
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>Why? I expect that by the time etch is released, kernel 2.6 is basically
>ubiquitous, so I think it's sensible to only provide the 2.6-enabled binary
>as a Debian package. Perhaps just make it easy to build for kernel 2.4 in
>the source package for those who want it (and point to it in
>README.Debian.) This is just MHO, obviously.
>

Then you don't realise that a *lot* of people will be sticking with 2.4
kernels for a while and the fact that 2.4 kernels will be in sarge means
you have to support them in your packages.


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