[ovs-dev] Bug#663051: [PATCH] debian: Use a different way to avoid failing install without kernel module.

[Ben Pfaff]

On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 07:16:04AM +0900, Simon Horman wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 02:19:31PM -0700, Ben Pfaff wrote:
> > On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 09:30:24AM +0900, Simon Horman wrote:
> > > On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 02:49:08PM -0700, Ethan Jackson wrote:
> > > > This looks fine to me, I don't know much about debian though.  If you
> > > > feel confident in it I'm fine with merging it.  Otherwise someone else
> > > > should look at it.
> > > 
> > > I am happy with this change.
> > > 
> > > Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms at verge.net.au>
> > 
> > Thank you.  I pushed this to master.
> > 
> > Simon, I haven't backported this or the previous series of Debian
> > changes to 1.4.  Do you want me to do that?
> 
> How far away do you think 1.5 is?
> Personally, I think that if its more than a few weeks away then I think
> that fixing up the Debian packaging in 1.4 would be worthwhile.

I'll do the backport.

I'm not sure whether Debian should upgrade to 1.5 when it comes out
anyway.  OVS 1.4 is a branch that we are planning to support for an
extended period of time.  If wheezy freezes in June, then 1.4 will be
the last such release before the freeze.