[Bug 499557] Re: Kernel packages don't have "Section: kernel", but other packages do

[Colin Watson]

admin was better than base, but kernel is better than admin.  I'll send
a patch to kernel-team shortly.

** Package changed: ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu) => linux (Ubuntu)

** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => In Progress

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Title:
  Kernel packages don't have "Section: kernel", but other packages do

Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
  In Progress

Bug description:
  In Ubuntu 9.10, kernel packages have "Section: base". This leads to
  the odd result that in Synaptic, the "Kernel and modules" sections
  contain four packages, none of which are Linux kernels. (drbd8-source,
  linux-firmware-nonfree, batman-adv-source, and batmand-gateway-
  source.)

  In Ubuntu Lucid, apparently the kernel packages have been moved to
  "Section: admin".

      <apw>     UBUNTU: Use section 'admin' rather than 'base'
      <apw> yeah our kernels are in admin now
      ...
      <apw> well cjwatson supplied the patch to change it to admin ... hrm

  This still isn't "Section: kernel". I suggest that either actual
  kernel packages should have "Section: kernel", or there should be a
  policy that no Ubuntu package should.

      <Keybuk> it's probably worth a bug assigned to cjwatson to make a
  decision

  (I'm interested in this to ensure sensible categorization of kernel
  packages in the Ubuntu Software Center.)

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