Dapper Kernel Backports?

[Sam Liddicott]

Jamie Jones wrote:
> On Fri, 2006-06-23 at 06:21 -0400, John Dong wrote:
>
> G'Day John,
>
>   
>> As a result, for the users that would desire, I'd like to be able to
>> offer a backported kernel from Edgy, complete with restricted modules
>> for ease-of-use. Requirements for this to succeed would be:
>>
>>       * It must be optional -- A dist-upgrade should not automatically
>>         pull in backported kernels -- they are not always desired by
>>         users.
>>       * It must not conflict existing Dapper packages -- Restricted
>>         modules come to mind, as they build some non-kernel-specific
>>         packages (i.e. xorg-driver-fglrx) that will replace Dapper
>>         packages, thus breaking existing Dapper kernels
>>       * It should be bug-tracked/supported through the Backports
>>         project -- That way, there is a separate but designated place
>>         to deal with issues that arise.
>>     
>     * Matching support packages such as udev will need to be backported
> too. (There have been times where newer kernels needed a newer udev)
>
> Regards,
> Yagisan
>   
Thanks for your consideration of this, John.
2.6.17 seems too full of wlan goodness for dapper folk to do without.

Sam
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