Missing new kernel after upgrade 14.04 -> 16.04

[Nils Kassube]

Ryein Goddard wrote:
> If you install a non-generic kernel maybe it is assumed you know what
> you are doing and want to use that kernel?

I'm not sure what you mean by "non-generic kernel". After all the linux-
generic-lts-* packages come from the Ubuntu repositories. They are 
provided to enable current hardware with the LTS release. Granted, I 
know what I'm doing (more or less), that's why I noticed the issue and 
it is not a real problem for me. I'm more concerned about regular users 
who may not notice the issue. At least the kubuntu 14.04.3 desktop i386 
iso image comes with the linux-generic-lts-vivid kernel and IIRC the 
linux-generic kernel isn't installed. Therefore someone using that image 
for the initial install wouldn't notice that the kernel no longer gets 
updates after the upgrade to 16.04.

> If you just upgraded everyone with a non-generic kernel then people
> who compiled their own would automatically be switched.
> 
> On 01/19/2016 10:15 AM, Nils Kassube wrote:
> > Today I have upgraded another 14.04 machine to 16.04. After the
> > upgrade the kernel was still version 4.2.0 from the
> > linux-generic-lts-wily package. I had seen that problem some time
> > ago but my bug report [1] seems to be ignored, I'd like to know if
> > there is anything else I should do to get the problem fixed.
> > 
> > I think there should be some meta packages in 16.04 which upgrade
> > the
> > linux-lts-{utopic,vivid,wily} packages to linux-generic. Or maybe
> > the
> > upgrade tool should add the linux-generic package?
> > 
> > 
> > Nils
> > 
> > [1] <https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1526931>