>Those old kernels can often be useful when there is a regression. i doubt there will be much regressions in kernels of the same minor version ever. especially ones which render kernel unbootable.
>I can't remember how many times having the old kernel around has saved my bacon. keyword will be "old kernel" - 1 is fine, especially if it's one from which update has been made. >For experienced users and those who participate in alpha testing, good for testers, not users. > I think having those kernels around is very important. and i do not think so even for testers since they pretty much capable of reverting back after unlikely critical failure even if both "new" and "worked" kernels are broken by having 100% working version preinstalled manually or booting from live system or kernel from external device with initrd and 'root=<ubuntu root>' option >Those folks won't mind all the extra lines of gibberish. those folks can handle a lot of crap life can throw at them, i have no doubt about that. but, being gentoo user myself, i do not appreciate useless stuff lying around even though i reboot my home systems no often then once per 2 weeks. and i cannot comprehend how it can be frustrating for "normal people" new grub2 widget-like graphic menu may look fancy but probably will not include any crutches for hiding ranges of kernels with same root-option. just keep it simple, please :( PS: "people" do not report two issues here, it just someone with too long hands is marking reports about menu and space as duplicates :\ but since those useless kernels clutter both menu and space it better to "kill two hares with a single shot" -- update-manager should remove more old kernels https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/132311 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
