On Thursday 09 June 2011 14:07:45 Yaro Kasear wrote:
On Thursday, June 09, 2011 05:31:06 Paul Gideon Dann wrote:
Well, it's happened to me, and it *could* happen to you. Better to prevent the situation, don't you think?
Again: Purpose of fallback image and lts kernel. Jacking up /boot with dozens of old kernels is not a needed or desirable solution.
I don't think that's the case; the purpose of LTS is to provide an extra- stable kernel that is less likely to break between upgrades (hence "long-term support"). It might be good to have around for rescue, but that's not the same as having a last-known-working-configuration kernel. The fallback initrd is completely irrelevant, because as far as I'm aware, that only protects against initrd configuration mistakes and unplanned hardware alterations (e.g. after hardware malfunction).
Arch development should never be centered around compensating for users' crappy hardware. There are ways to "fix" UEFI without annoying the other users of Arch with cluttered boot partitions. If you want old kernels that badly, use lts or go to a distribution that implements this bad feature.
It's not as though /boot needs to fulfill many other roles... And would you really label all new hardware "crappy" until it's well supported? Paul