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On 01/03/2016 07:15 PM, Marco d'Itri wrote: > On Jan 03, Simon Richter <s...@debian.org> wrote: > >>> "I have always done this in a different way" is not a valid use >>> case, sorry. >> "Compatibility" is a very valid use case. Debian is famous for >> backwards compatibility and trouble-free upgrades. > Requiring to use an initramfs in some configurations does not break > compatibility nor causes significant troubles on upgrades. Please don't forget that Debian supports a lot of unusual architectures which come with various limitations. I know at least one platform where adding an initramfs is something between difficult and impossible. And I'm sure there is a lot of other (embedded) hardware out there which needs a reliable upgrade path. - -- Bernd Zeimetz Debian GNU/Linux Developer http://bzed.de http://www.debian.org GPG Fingerprint: ECA1 E3F2 8E11 2432 D485 DD95 EB36 171A 6FF9 435F -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJWiZFtAAoJEOs2Fxpv+UNfchcP/3mVX8Tc/uuij5iETWaRuWsV 9twLLcYkk0MLMrYw4NmXM4hwCYmPaStBdf8RE6xrvU0EWrm2WKF+NtDJIvkgUc+/ 6mMzqZbgb5I3cmFxkFS4R3jeFK9d5f0Y+UBMG8+ROHJAsY+AXYEDO/c2wkt1hcE7 BB6H8mbTpbp8C/Jq4ELt1oKs2JR72Pmvdcq8p5j+PSup/HinOmeCSPIn4Nr4dQ2B ljFCD8Gx0HZYVR5ROAEvBA96B6EcZIBhv2yIURCr9eFz5r9u67Y/K5MbzM8tzBee AovcOKcJ8+7vSVlL8W9p9yw7KXebMhnPP00FRflaV0a88Jh2lgIn4xzqRNRv9evv EgDjmYhMDvgJJogVJ/Md08JbnYz4Rl2zkbHdJoYwvoeizx3NmPH7zDzlHefGhS+L xsJIaUpugDbrQWTFQnCTZV8DiNU7blM8+GJs5aHs7COG3anDAmJzQk4ecH0q99ZJ qppiCeyZUWOv/+/wtJik9aQhfJgeYPPRnd7gdPapACSE91+H8sVjFgiUjFP2muXD 3tVyMPBSBHHVZMmXkHW86G3ZlAJ0o8XuBvLrwOxCW+I6apeUzpG6ayX7E/gqbyHo XI2qieiOfaBUYnwTEgAIQjC+ZhAPDZOjzvDWAd1CYC306UxFn5wQeVCCt0wRJbFk TusJAPcdZymSvayikCCG =sD5e -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----