Why keep more than 2 kernels?

[emk]

Continuing the discussion from Unable to keep more than 2 kernels:

@ajgreeny

Can somebidy enlighten me of the reason why they need more than two kernels, the most current version and the previously installed version that worked.

I’ve never had more than two and have never seen any reason to do so but perhaps I’m missing something potentially important here.

If a conflict exists between a package and a kernel with a new minor version number, you don’t want the kernel with the old minor version number deleted when the next kernel with the new minor version number gets installed without fixing the issue.

[tea-for-one]

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