Hans-Peter Jansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hmm, how do you download something, if the e.g. AVM DSL/ISDN Combo Card > driver is missing (like it's the situation here), and that's the only > way to internet?
The kmp packages can be made available as a package installation source that can be put on a media. > [...] > I really hope, that SUSE get the package manager - before 10.1 release - > to the point, where it prevents kernel updates, unless external kernel > modules, which are tagged as critical for it's proper operation, are > available. Otherwise, automatic updates cannot work, which is the real > selling point here.. This is the goal and we'll test this as soon as all pieces are together. > Even if I'm not in a position to comment the way, this decision was > made, but it's bad style to do it very shortly before a release - > actively preventing concerned parties to catch up / work around the > newly imposed issues. Really bad style. I agree that communication wise we have not done a good job :-( Andreas -- Andreas Jaeger, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.suse.de/~aj/ SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126
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