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
