[Including In-reply-to header so as not to break threading] On 22/04/14 10:43 AM, Daniel Micay wrote:
2) A few years back we specifically reduced the number of kernels in our repos to one. Then the LTS kernel appeared. Now this. The problem with adding a non-vanilla kernel to the repos is now for kernel bug reports we have to verify which kernel is running. If it is linux-grsec, we then need to figure out if the issue a generic linux one, or with the other patchset. This is a burden to all our the kernel maintainers and not just the packager and is part of the reason the variety of kernels was reduced. Output from `uname -a` or `dmesg` is a pretty basic requirement for a kernel issue, especially since problems like /boot not being mounted and new upgrades installed to the wrong place often happen. I don't mind being the one who asks for this on any [linux] issues missing it.
I'll have to dig up the old discussion because I wasn't around for it.
It's not just a matter of asking "what kernel are you using". You'll probably have to ask the bug submitter to install linux from [core], wait a day, and start comparing two sets of output. But since you're prepared to do all the work, I don't think there's a reason to drop linux-grsec. That should happen if / when another packager has to work around it.