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  1. Bug #1546967
  2. Comment #6

Comment 6 for bug 1546967

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Andy Whitcroft (apw) wrote : Re: [FFe] [needs-packaging] linux backports and related meta packages

I would agree that backports is too generic. As your meta package is linux-backports-meta the logical name is linux-backports to match. Also as this package is locked to the specific version of the kernel against which it builds I would recommend you version the package in line with the kernel to which it matches. This is what we do with all the other version locked packages that the kernel-team maintains, see linux-signed as an example of how we handle versions there.

Also have you considered how this will work with LTSs and specifically with multiple lts backport kernels into the same release.