Ubuntu
xen-source package

xen-image-<version> is a silly package name

Bug #89720 reported by Anders Kaseorg
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xen-source (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Wishlist
Unassigned

Bug Description

The packages xen-image-<version> and xen-headers-<version> have really bad names, especially because as a side effect the kernel /boot/vmlinuz-<version> gives no indication that it is a xen kernel.

It would make much more sense if these packages were named linux-image-<version>-xen and linux-headers-<version>-xen and the kernel was named /boot/vmlinuz-<version>-xen.

Mark Reitblatt (mark-reitblatt)
Changed in xen-source:
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
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Chuck Short (zulcss) wrote :

Wont be done anytime soon.

Changed in xen-source:
status: Unconfirmed → Rejected
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Anders Kaseorg (andersk) wrote :

That doesn’t mean it’s not a bug!

Would a patch for this be considered, or is there a code freeze, or do you disagree with the idea? (Or do you just enjoy rejecting bugs?…)

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Anders Kaseorg (andersk) wrote :

It is worth noting that this is how the Debian xen kernels are named:
  <http://packages.debian.org/unstable/admin/linux-image-2.6.18-4-xen-686>

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