[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > - Kernel 2.6 is still a moving target... And it will always be, so people should learn to deal with this.
> - Some hardware is only supported with 2.4, for example older laptops > which need APM and don't work with ACPI. Also some non-i386 machines. What about fixing ACPI instead? > - According to popcon, 6-7% of the i386 users have a kernel-2.4 image > installed. This hardly makes them more interesting, and even 7% is a too little number of users to justify the work needed to keep supporting 2.4 kernels, not only strictly kernel-related but also for all the other packages which would like to depend on features only available in 2.6 kernels (starting from d-i). -- ciao, Marco -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
