On Tue, Jun 30, 2020 at 05:49:08PM +0100, Adam Barratt wrote: >[MFT and Reply-To set to debian-release, to try and avoid spamming too >many people with the discussion] > >Hi, > >When the kernel ABI version has been increased between two point >releases, we currently remove the old versions as part of the point >release, to avoid carrying cruft. > >This has unfortunate side-effects for a number of use cases, including >CI setups which immediately stop working as the packages they attempt >to install no longer exist in the archive. > >If we were instead to change this policy to, for example, remove the >packages after the subsequent point release instead, can anyone see any >problems that this might cause, whether for tooling, tools or anything >else?
I don't expect to see any problems directly on the -cd front; IIRC debian-cd will just ignore all but the most recent version of the packages involved. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. [email protected] "Every time you use Tcl, God kills a kitten." -- Malcolm Ray
