[arch-general] Future of 'kernel26'

Auguste Pop auguste at gmail.com
Wed May 25 11:24:59 EDT 2011


On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 11:20 PM, Bernardo Barros
<bernardobarros2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> There are rumors that the next version number of the Linux Kernel is
> going to be 3.0.
> Since we choosed 'kernel26' as the package name, we will have to
> modify it anyway.
> Why not just 'linux 3.0'? Just an idea.. since we have the fellow
> project 'Arch Hurd' providing 'hurd' as an alternative different
> kernel already.
>
> Best,
> Bernardo
>

i suggest we make a virtual package kernel, and kernel-headers. all
flavors of kernel, like vanilla kernel26, kernel26-lts, and so on,
should provide kernel, and so does all flavors of kernel-headers.


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