On Sat, 14 May 2011, Ben Hutchings <b...@decadent.org.uk> wrote: > Backward-compatibility has a cost, sometimes substantial. > > I don't think packages in testing/unstable should be expected to support > any kernel version older than that in stable. It's the same same rule we > apply to any other dependency.
There is also a cost to running old versions of packages to match the kernel that you are compelled to use. EG if you have a RHEL5 system running as a Xen Dom0 it's probably not going to be a desired upgrade option to use Debian/Squeeze. As RHEL6 doesn't support Xen Dom0 and RHEL5 doesn't support a Squeeze kernel for the DomU that leaves no option for a recent Xen kernel with RHEL as Dom0. I'm sure that I'm not the only person who's running a system with Squeeze DomUs that have a Lenny udev to deal with this. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201105152114.02941.russ...@coker.com.au