[arch-general] {external, general}ized hooks in key packages [kernel26, ???] (WAS: Re: Reboot - Versioned Kernel Installs)

2011-06-10 Thread C Anthony Risinger
On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 2:44 PM, Mauro Santos wrote: > > Arch users have lived without the last good known kernel so far and > without an -lts kernel until recently. this applies to technology in general -- we don't need any of it, but forward we move nonetheless. > IMHO it is a lot more advisab

Re: [arch-general] {external, general}ized hooks in key packages [kernel26, ???] (WAS: Re: Reboot - Versioned Kernel Installs)

2011-06-10 Thread Yaro Kasear
On Friday, June 10, 2011 23:36:18 C Anthony Risinger wrote: > On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 2:44 PM, Mauro Santos > > wrote: > > Arch users have lived without the last good known kernel so far and > > without an -lts kernel until recently. > > this applies to technology in general -- we don't need any

Re: [arch-general] {external, general}ized hooks in key packages [kernel26, ???] (WAS: Re: Reboot - Versioned Kernel Installs)

2011-06-13 Thread Timothy L.
On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 12:50 AM, Yaro Kasear wrote: > On Friday, June 10, 2011 23:36:18 C Anthony Risinger wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 2:44 PM, Mauro Santos > > > > wrote: > > > Arch users have lived without the last good known kernel so far and > > > without an -lts kernel until recentl

Re: [arch-general] {external, general}ized hooks in key packages [kernel26, ???] (WAS: Re: Reboot - Versioned Kernel Installs)

2011-06-13 Thread David Campbell
Excerpts from Timothy L.'s message of 2011-06-13 15:10:16 -0400: > ... > I'm a novice when it comes to this kind of stuff, but adding > simple hooks doesn't seem to needlessly complicate a user's > system. It's something a user would never notice unless they > actually needed to use the functionali

Re: [arch-general] {external, general}ized hooks in key packages [kernel26, ???] (WAS: Re: Reboot - Versioned Kernel Installs)

2011-06-13 Thread Timothy L.
On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 3:53 PM, David Campbell wrote: > Excerpts from Timothy L.'s message of 2011-06-13 15:10:16 -0400: > > ... > > I'm a novice when it comes to this kind of stuff, but adding > > simple hooks doesn't seem to needlessly complicate a user's > > system. It's something a user would

Re: [arch-general] {external, general}ized hooks in key packages [kernel26, ???] (WAS: Re: Reboot - Versioned Kernel Installs)

2011-06-14 Thread Paul Gideon Dann
On Monday 13 June 2011 20:53:19 David Campbell wrote: > Excerpts from Timothy L.'s message of 2011-06-13 15:10:16 -0400: > > ... > > I'm a novice when it comes to this kind of stuff, but adding > > simple hooks doesn't seem to needlessly complicate a user's > > system. It's something a user would n