Hello, Is there still people using the 2.2 kernel packages with testing or unstable ? I don't speak about the 2.2 packages which came with stable.
I feel that the 2.4.20 and 2.4.21 packages are ok for powermacs, and there is already a 2.4.17 apus package, i don't know (and it ever remained a mistery to me) what the chrp/prep/whatever used for kernel packages, my guess is that they use homebuilt kernels or something. So, if nobody steps in and tell me he absolutely needs a 2.2.x kernel in unstable, i will be asking (at Herbert's request) for the removal of the last 2.2.x kernel from debian/unstable (as said, this will not influence the woody version of those packages, which as for all of debian/stable, will continue to exist untouched). As a side note, i would like to do some modifications to the kernel-patch packages for powerpc. Currently the powerpc kernel i maintain contain a kernel which will work for all of the pmac/chrp/prep subarches (incuding the pop-derivated pegasos i use, once i add the patches or they are included in the official kernels), but produce only the pmac uncompressed vmlinux (for yaboot) and the vmlinux.coff for not yaboot using pmacs (old-world ?). This does not include the chrp kernel images, which are built but not installed in the package. So what should i do, fork the package and build a chrp/pegasos one ? Install all the built kernel images to make a huge package ? make multiple binary package, each with a different kernel installation arch. As said, i believe that these kernels are actually all the same, differentiating themselves only in the actual packaging needed to pass them to the boot-loader or whatever. Friendly, Sven Luther
