Bug#1104793: Consistent naming with LTS-backported kernels

From	Christopher Huhn <C.Huhn@gsi.de>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.bugs.dist, linux.debian.kernel
Subject	Bug#1104793: Consistent naming with LTS-backported kernels
Date	2025-05-06 16:30 +0200
Message-ID	<KJrsZ-19Q3-9@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink)
Organization	GSI

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Source: linux
Severity: wishlist

Hi y'all

LTS and ELTS provide backports of the stable kernel for all releases 
(currently Stretch to Bullseye). These packages come with
linux-<component>-<major>.<minor>-<flavor> meta-packages eg.
linux-image-6.1-amd64.
This is a very nice feature making it possible to run the same kernel 
version on a whole fleet of nodes with diverse Debian releases by 
installing a uniformly named package.

Unfortunately no such packages exist in Debian stable at the moment.

So I'd propose that linux-<component>-<flavor> always also
> Provides: linux-<component>-<major>.<minor>-<flavor>

Cheers

Christopher


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Bug#1104793: Consistent naming with LTS-backported kernels Christopher Huhn <C.Huhn@gsi.de> - 2025-05-06 16:30 +0200
  Bug#1104793: closing 1104793 Christopher Huhn <c.huhn@gsi.de> - 2025-05-07 12:40 +0200
    Bug#1104793: closing 1104793 Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org> - 2025-05-07 13:10 +0200
  Processed: Re: Bug#1104793: closing 1104793 "Debian Bug Tracking System" <owner@bugs.debian.org> - 2025-05-07 13:10 +0200

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