Re: [RFC] renaming linux26 pkg to just linux

Hi Roger,

On Mar 14, 2012, at 9:46 PM, Roger Mason wrote:

> Hi Rene,
> 
> On 14-Mar-12, at 8:22 AM, René Rebe wrote:
> 
>> Hey all,
>> 
>> I have a Request For Comment: Since the unforeseen version bump of the Linux kernel from 2.6.x to 3.x, ...
our primary OS kernel package "limux26" is a little misnamed.
>> 
>> If the rename would be easy, I would have long renamed the linux26 pkg to linxu3, ... but it requires
touching much more than a dozen files, ...
>> 
>> While thinking we should finally address this, I came to the conclusion I would like to delete the quite
obsolete linux24 package, and rename the linux26 package just "linux".
>> 
>> Any thoughts on this?
>> 
>> 	René
> 
> I have no problem with this, but my response is, perhaps, naiive as I don't understand what consequences
there may be, if any.

For one thing this was to find out if anyone screams about loosing "linux24"  A rename of the majorly used
package "linux" means many other, e.g. architecture and target overloads, need to be adapted, etc., …
not to mention shared file conflicts on user systems when they emerge an update which will clash between
"linux26" and "linux", … though "linux" without number prefix is much nicer, matches to the