On Wed, 2009-10-28 at 09:15 -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > On Tue, Oct 27 2009, Felipe Sateler wrote: > > > On Tue, 2009-10-27 at 08:42 -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> Ah, that functionality was removed -- it was more trouble than > >> it is worth, and it has an easy work around; people can just pre-patch > >> the sources. > > > > Ah OK. A short mention of this would be nice, then. Just in case people > > used kernel-package in the past and wondered where that functionality > > went. > > It was in the NEWS file, which is usually set up to be shown on > upgrade.
I didn't have kernel-package installed, but I had used it sometime back. I should have looked into that file, but I assumed the relevant info on how to use the package was in the manpages. > >> > >> I'll remove item 12 from the man page. > > > And the mention under the debian target in make-kpkg(1) too, please. > > There were a lot of features changed -- removed from the > package, and added to overlay directories and /etc/kernel hook > scripts. Choosing which to document is hard, and it depends on > whether you were using the the feature or not is what decides what you > want visible. Including them all confuses folks, and distracts from the > new/current functionality. I'm not suggesting you document each change in detail. The manpage should document how the package works. Since patching the kernel is pretty common when building it, it makes sense to explain how to use kernel-package with patched sources (which ends up just being "patch the source before using kernel-package"). > > I suggest you look at apt-listchanges so as not to miss such > changes in functionality. As mentioned above, I did not upgrade kernel-package, but installed it afresh. I do have apt-listchanges installed. -- Saludos, Felipe Sateler
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