[Kernel-handbook-general] [PATCH 2/7] Remove mention of the "new packaging scheme" that is now 11 years old
Ben Hutchings
ben at decadent.org.uk
Fri Jan 6 23:11:38 UTC 2017
---
chapter-packaging.dbk | 14 +++++---------
debian/changelog | 1 +
2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/chapter-packaging.dbk b/chapter-packaging.dbk
index 1756a9d8b10c..8f1cf84e2d0b 100644
--- a/chapter-packaging.dbk
+++ b/chapter-packaging.dbk
@@ -5,15 +5,11 @@
<title>Debian kernel packages</title>
<section id="s-source-pkg"><title>Source package</title>
<para>
-To ensure that the latest kernel version, containing all the essential bug and
-security fixes is available on as many architectures as possible, starting with
-2.6.12 the kernel team introduced a new packaging scheme. In it most of the
-kernel-related binary packages are built from a single source package
-<package>linux</package>. The
-<package>linux</package> source package supports building of kernel images and
-headers for all currently supported architectures. Subsequent sections of this
-chapter document the naming and contents of the binary packages built from the
-<package>linux</package> source package.
+The <package>linux</package> source package supports building of
+kernel images and headers for all currently supported architectures.
+Subsequent sections of this chapter document the naming and contents
+of the binary packages built from the <package>linux</package> source
+package.
</para>
</section>
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index d36a5ceab8de..7d04bc8c90b9 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ kernel-handbook (1.0.18) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
"Simple patching and building"
* Update "Disk space requirements" to reflect that debug info is enabled by
default
+ * Remove mention of the "new packaging scheme" that is now 11 years old
-- Ben Hutchings <ben at decadent.org.uk> Fri, 18 Mar 2016 18:10:04 +0000
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