Dear J.R.O. Firstly - huge thanks for all the effort you have put into AUFS over the years. As you know, Puppy Linux has used an AUFS patched kernel for many years (an original design choice by Barry Kauler) and many of Puppy's unique features are based on AUFS facilities. AUFS patched kernels are still regularly produced in both 32-bit and 64-bit variants (but not currently a 32-bit 6.1 version - this may need to be rectified): [1]https://github.com/puppylinux-woof-CE/woof-CE/actions/workflows/kern el-kit.yml and these are then used in various Puppy Linux system builds: [2]https://github.com/puppylinux-woof-CE/woof-CE/actions [3]https://github.com/peabee/releases/releases The decision on which kernels to support is, of course, yours. Hopefully 5 series AUFS patched kernels will remain buildable for some time to come. If and when the AUFS patches start to fail we have a variety of strategies to pursue.... we can switch our system builds to a different kernel; we can cease building new versions of the older systems entirely; we can generate our own AUFS patches to overcome the problem if simple - e.g. as we did for 5.4: [4]https://github.com/puppylinux-woof-CE/woof-CE/blob/testing/kernel-ki t/patches/aufs_sources/k5.4.x.patch We can also move away from using AUFS patched kernels to using OverlayFS instead. This has already started to happen. The resulting systems do lose some functionality but are gradually being improved to the point where they are quite viable. e.g. Bookworm Pup64 10.0.1 [5]https://forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?t=8690 So the bottom line is we will be sad if some LTS kernels gradually cease to have AUFS capabilities, but will no doubt be able to live with the situation if you decide to allocate your scarce resources differently. Thanks again. PeeBee
References 1. https://github.com/puppylinux-woof-CE/woof-CE/actions/workflows/kernel-kit.yml 2. https://github.com/puppylinux-woof-CE/woof-CE/actions 3. https://github.com/peabee/releases/releases 4. https://github.com/puppylinux-woof-CE/woof-CE/blob/testing/kernel-kit/patches/aufs_sources/k5.4.x.patch 5. https://forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?t=8690
