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Subject: Re: [RFC] 2.4.11-dontuse packages
From: Andrew Ebling <andrew_ebling@tao-group.com>
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> Why don't you just assume that "dontuse" is the standard way to
> indicate a bad kernel, and ask Linus to use that convention in the
> future.  Since you want a way to warn users, this solution meets all
> needs nicely.
> 
> Of course, you have to convince Linus to be consistent in the
> future, but I bet this will be easier than convincing him to change
> something he's already done.  ;-)

Linus, Alan,

Would you be willing to make the "dontuse" suffix a consistent way of
indicating bad kernels in the ftp archives?

I am adding features to the patch-kernel script and would like to use
this as a test to trigger a warning and/or abort.

best regards,

Andrew Ebling

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