On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 11:07:49PM +0100, Andreas Metzler wrote: > > I don't think automatic (as in unless you press ctrl-C or set the > package on hold) major kernel-upgrades are wise, they should only be > done on user-request, when the the user has time to take care of it. > All my major kernel-upgrades required manual intervention, as I always > had to change the module options and configuration. (With 2.6 there is > sysfs and the abolishment of ide-scsi).
Well, I disagree. We automate major upgrades for every package in Debian, and if there are problems we handle them. I don't see why this is different. -- Robert Millan "[..] but the delight and pride of Aule is in the deed of making, and in the thing made, and neither in possession nor in his own mastery; wherefore he gives and hoards not, and is free from care, passing ever on to some new work." -- J.R.R.T, Ainulindale (Silmarillion)