Bug#914517: linux-image-4.19.0-4-amd64: System freezes with nomodeset set and boots in a loop without

From	Ian Campbell <ijc@debian.org>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.bugs.dist, linux.debian.kernel
Subject	Bug#914517: linux-image-4.19.0-4-amd64: System freezes with nomodeset set and boots in a loop without
Date	2019-04-12 10:10 +0200
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On Wed, 2019-04-10 at 23:02 +0200, Robert Pommrich wrote:
> Am 10.04.19 um 22:32 schrieb Ben Hutchings:
> > On Wed, 2019-04-10 at 17:26 +0200, Robert Pommrich wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > I really don't understand why the severity of this bug was lowered.
> > > Plus, this was the only action taken on this bug beside my actions.
> > [...]
> > 
> > The phrase "renders package unusable" means that the package is
> > unusable in general, or on a large proportion of Debian systems.
> > 
> > I don't believe that that is the case for this bug.
> 
> Okay, what would be the right phrase for a system, that doesn't start?

https://kernel-team.pages.debian.net/kernel-handbook/ch-bugs.html#s9.1.2
has some info on how the kernel team interprets the severity field.

Ian.

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Bug#914517: linux-image-4.19.0-4-amd64: System freezes with nomodeset set and boots in a loop without Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2019-04-10 22:40 +0200
  Bug#914517: linux-image-4.19.0-4-amd64: System freezes with nomodeset set and boots in a loop without Ian Campbell <ijc@debian.org> - 2019-04-12 10:10 +0200

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