Dapper Kernel Backports?

[Jamie Jones]

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
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