[Bug 499557] Re: Kernel packages don't have "Section: kernel", but other packages do
Colin Watson
cjwatson at canonical.com
Thu Mar 15 13:29:38 UTC 2012
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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