On 2023-11-18 23:43:34 -0600, David Wright wrote: > On Sat 18 Nov 2023 at 23:33:59 (+0100), Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > On 2023-11-18 09:18:56 -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > The "6.1.0-" part comes from the upstream release series. All the > > > kernel images containing "6.1.0-" in this section should come from the > > > same upstream series (6.1.x), and should have basically the same feature > > > set, with no major changes. > > > > BTW, since this is for 6.1.x, I've always wondered why Debian uses the > > "6.1.0-" prefix instead of "6.1-". The "6.1.0" is a bit confusing. > > So as not to confuse and break software that's hardwired to expect > three numbers in any linux kernel version.
But these numbers in the package name are not the correct ones. If the 3 numbers matter, this could yield a potential breakage too. -- Vincent Lefèvre <vinc...@vinc17.net> - Web: <https://www.vinc17.net/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <https://www.vinc17.net/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / AriC project (LIP, ENS-Lyon)
