On Fri, 18 Nov 2011 19:48:24 +0000, Ben Hutchings <b...@decadent.org.uk> wrote: >On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 05:59:59PM +0100, Marc Haber wrote: >> On Thu, 17 Nov 2011 20:43:32 +0000, "Adam D. Barratt" >> <a...@adam-barratt.org.uk> wrote: >> >but >> >the kernel team have been very good in the past about fixing such things >> >once they're aware of them. >> >> Why does the kernel team get an execption that is unanonimously denied >> to other, much less important parts of the distribution? > >You can easily upgrade a userland package from backports after >installation. You can't do that with the kernel if the installer >doesn't support your disk or network controller. (It is possible >to use a newer installer to install stable, but that's much more >prone to break or to differ from the installation manual.)
The solution would be to offer additional install media with additional support. The mere chance of introducing a regression is a risk which I think should not be taken by Debian. Grüße Marc -- -------------------------------------- !! No courtesy copies, please !! ----- Marc Haber | " Questions are the | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | Beginning of Wisdom " | http://www.zugschlus.de/ Nordisch by Nature | Lt. Worf, TNG "Rightful Heir" | Fon: *49 621 72739834 -- 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/e1rrilr-0002al...@swivel.zugschlus.de