Sending an 88.7MB kernel package just for a single wifi fix?

Adam Conrad adconrad at ubuntu.com
Fri Jun 7 19:50:20 UTC 2013


On Fri, Jun 07, 2013 at 11:23:11AM -0600, Tim Gardner wrote:
> On 06/07/2013 11:16 AM, Ron Johnson wrote:
> > 
> > Where's the best place to have a discussion on whether or not it's
> > better to have the kernel source package generate multiple
> > *independently versioned* binary packages, so that, for example, all us
> > desktop users without wifi equipment don't have to download and reboot
> > our computers just because laptop users need an upgrade?

To be fair, this was fixing a regression in a kernel that was never
released to updates/security.  If you're running kernels from -proposed,
I think it's fair to assume that you may occasionally get things like
this as we iterate through testing.

... Adam




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