On Tue, Jan 02, 2007 at 02:05:01PM +1100, Robert Collins wrote: > The point of packaging is to let things work as well as possible by > default. Its not true to say that kernels and libraries are identical in > their constraints : and I haven't claimed that. What I have claimed is > that in no case is there any guarantee that what dpkg *thinks* is > present actually is.
> But where we can signal to it that something is *not* present, that is > useful, as dpkg can then signal to the user that intervention is > required. The thing that kills this idea whenever it's brought up is usually the fact that even if the user is using the prepackaged versions of everything having a kernel package installed provides only a fairly weak guarantee that the kernel in the package will be used. Users need to reboot to run a newly installed kernel, multiple kernels can be installed simultaneously and users can flip between them as they choose. This reduces the utility for the inexpert users that would benefit most. -- "You grabbed my hand and we fell into it, like a daydream - or a fever." -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
