From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Kay Sievers Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2005 11:45:15 +0000 Subject: Re: udev-059 and default.hotplug script Message-Id: <20050705114515.GA19638@vrfy.org> List-Id: References: <20050702012817.46255.qmail@web30214.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20050702012817.46255.qmail@web30214.mail.mud.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Jul 05, 2005 at 12:28:43PM +0200, Marco d'Itri wrote: > On Jul 03, Kay Sievers wrote: > > > > (And I am very concerned about the dependency on a kernel newer than the > > > 2.6.8 shipped in Debian 3.1, which I fear will make upgrades painful.) > > Debian will need to have shorter release cycles than 3 years. :) > This is not actually relevant, there would be the same risks of > breakage while upgrading even if it had a 2.6.10 or 2.6.11 kernel > because users need to upgrade to 2.6.12 and reboot with the old udev 059 > before they can install udev 060. The point is that you should require a certain kernel version for a actual release. Easy as that, and no risk. But I see the problem in your case, that sometimes you don't have a _actual_ release. :) Kay ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_idt77&alloc_id492&op=click _______________________________________________ Linux-hotplug-devel mailing list http://linux-hotplug.sourceforge.net Linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-hotplug-devel