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Bug#918664: linux-latest: please provide a meta package for a sane architecture-specific default

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Hi Ben,

Quoting Ben Hutchings (2019-01-08 09:46:43)
> > I know that the right kernel image is not a function of the Debian
> > architecture alone. But this meta-package is not supposed to replace
> > kernel selection for d-i or the like. It is meant to be one central
> > place to encode a sane default mapping in the Debian linux kernel
> > package instead of (poorly) replicating such a mapping in individual
> > packages.
> 
> For many architectures there is no single good default - that's the
> main reason why we have multiple flavours.

But for other architectures there is.

So this binary package could be built for architectures where a reasonable
default exists but not for those where it doesn't.

Package: linux-image-default
Architecture: i386, alpha, amd64, arm64, armhf, ia64, m68k, armel, hppa, powerpc, ppc64, ppc64el, powerpcspe, riscv64, s390x, sparc64
Depends:
 linux-image-686 [i386],
 linux-image-alpha-generic [alpha],
 linux-image-amd64 [amd64],
 linux-image-arm64 [arm64],
 linux-image-armmp [armhf],
 linux-image-itanium [ia64],
 linux-image-m68k [m68k],
 linux-image-marvell [armel],
 linux-image-parisc [hppa],
 linux-image-powerpc [powerpc],
 linux-image-powerpc64 [ppc64],
 linux-image-powerpc64le [ppc64el],
 linux-image-powerpcspe [powerpcspe],
 linux-image-riscv64 [riscv64],
 linux-image-s390x [s390x],
 linux-image-sparc64 [sparc64]

Maybe some of the above still has to be removed but do really too few
architectures remain where a sane choice exists?

Thanks!

cheers, josch

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Bug#918664: linux-latest: please provide a meta package for a sane architecture-specific default Johannes 'josch' Schauer <josch@debian.org> - 2019-01-08 09:30 +0100
  Bug#918664: linux-latest: please provide a meta package for a sane architecture-specific default Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2019-01-08 10:00 +0100
    Bug#918664: linux-latest: please provide a meta package for a sane architecture-specific default Johannes Schauer <josch@debian.org> - 2019-01-08 11:00 +0100
      Bug#918664: linux-latest: please provide a meta package for a sane architecture-specific default Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2019-01-08 22:50 +0100
  Processed: Re: Bug#918664: linux-latest: please provide a meta  package for a sane architecture-specific default "Debian Bug Tracking System" <owner@bugs.debian.org> - 2019-01-08 10:00 +0100
  Bug#918664: marked as done (linux-latest: please provide a meta  package for a sane architecture-specific default) "Debian Bug Tracking System" <owner@bugs.debian.org> - 2019-10-26 09:20 +0200

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