When is a new kernel released?

[Felipe Figueiredo]

On Friday 07 July 2006 02:23, Mario Vukelic wrote:

> HOWEVER, if, as seems likely, new kernel infrastructure is needed, such
> as newer module-init-tools, then you need to provide those too. As I
> said, a kernel upgrade for Dapper was considered unlikely by the
> backports people for this reason (IIRC)

I know you are just being careful, but maybe too much. 

In such a case, if you need some sort of upgrade and don't do it (we're not 
talking about debian stable here: I am assuming packages actually get 
updated, and that kernel tools will be backward compatible) you'll notice 
your new kernel simply won't work.

Since the working kernel image remains (as /vmlinuz.old), and still available 
in the boot menu, there's no real catastrophe scenario if the new one doesn't 
work. You just boot the old image, and remove the non-working package. A 
careful person should make a separate entry for the working image (not based 
on the /vmlinuz link but on the actual file instead) before toying with this. 
I did.

It really shouldn't be such an issue in most cases.

regards
FF