On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 8:53 AM, Ray Rashif <schivmeister@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Urmm..if it is so important, Arch gives you the power to roll your own > kernel. Heck, I don't even have a fallback, because I don't need it. > Like Fons, I have an RT kernel, and a normal kernel. Either acts as a > backup of the other, since neither gets updated along with the other. > To all the complainers in that thread : WHO has a serious problem with the above, and can give a strong argument WHY ? I completely agree that having only one kernel installed sucks, if that one stops booting, you need a livecd/usb in order to boot and fix things. That simply does not happen if you have two kernels installed, be it RT or LTS or custom or whatever. Now if we are talking about minor issues, the kernel boots and works, then there is no reason the kernel should be handled in a more special way than any other packages. It's not the only critical component of the system. So just follow : http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Downgrading_Packages And I actually find quite annoying the debian/ubuntu handling of accumulating old kernels and having to clean up every time. Final word : if you are not happy with the quality of testing already made for core packages, just HELP to improve the situation.
