On 2021-05-27, Leo Famulari wrote:
> On Thu, May 27, 2021 at 11:10:21AM -0700, Vagrant Cascadian wrote:
>> Would it be too complicated to include both the latest LTS kernel and
>> the most recently packaged kernel in the installer, and default to using
>> the same kernel for the installation?
>
> I'm a bit confused about what you are suggesting? Do you mean, offering
> both of those versions in a menu to the user?

Yes, at the installer's grub (or other bootloader) menu.


>> Of course, it bloats the installer having a second kernel on it... and
>> maybe the increased complexity to explain which to choose would be too
>> much...
>
> The installer does not "include" built packages, aside from what is used
> by the installer's OS.

Yes, but if you're using the installer, it will choose to install *some*
kernel on the installed system, so it could pick the most similar kernel
(e.g. linux-libre vs. linux-libre-lts) on the initial install...

There may be cases where a newer kernel wouldn't run on a particular
piece of hardware, or where the older LTS kernel wouldn't run, so making
it easy to pick between those two seems worth considering if there are
not too many other drawbacks.


So, my answer to the question "which kernel ...?" is ... maybe both!


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