On Thu, Oct 06, 2005 at 08:24:49PM +0200, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > Maximilian Attems <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <snipp> > > also it would be _very_ cool to do the switch after a major upload. > > just the switch to the newer tools and nothing else. > > ubuntu has been bitten by this transition. > > the user won't recognise that the oops is not the kernel fault. > > the best plan would be to do it after an 2.6.13-1 upload: > > an 2.6.13-2 with only this change. > > If I understand you correctly then that only helps users frewuently > bringing their system up-to-date, and not someone doing a dist-upgrade > a year from now...
the linux-images get _lots_ of bug reports if something fails, and history tells that user confuse easily initrd-tools and kernel bugs. they won't notice that their oops is not a kernel trouble, but eventual broken early userland. it's about ironing out the changes and having an easy short term fall back. -- maks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
