[repo-coord] Re: Blackmailing ...

[bent at biosci.ki.se]

On Thursday 06 May 2004 13:15, Axel Thimm wrote:
> o I had already written months ago that replacing kmdl vs
>   kernel-module is not an issue for me, using the broken versioning
>   scheme is.

For the confused (which includes me!) - Is the "broken versioning scheme" the 
one Panu talks about here?

On Wednesday 05 May 2004 08:43, Panu Matilainen wrote:
> Without getting to the politics of this, fedora.us apt nowadays supports
> the kernel-module-foo-`uname -r` packages almost transparently. Means
>
> - 'apt-get install kernel-module-alsa' will fetch you a suitable version
> of the package, never mind the ugly full name
> - Upgrading (well, installing new) kernel will pull along new versions of
> any kernel-module packages you have installed for the new kernel (with
> "install kernel" and with "dist-upgrade")

On Wednesday 05 May 2004 09:05, Panu Matilainen wrote:
> It'll warn you about it - which essentially means you're stuck with your
> current running kernel until all of the kernel modules have been rebuilt
> for whatever-the-new-kernel-is.

To clueless me it doesn't sound terribly broken....

/Benty