why does linux-base-f7 exist if the binary compatibility is to a kernel too old to run it? (and how to change that?)

[Lowell Gilbert]

"Steve Franks" <stevefranks at ieee.org> writes:

> But there are sites (such as this one:
> http://www.linux.com/feature/53055) that talk about actually using
> linux_base-fc8 (which I can't even find on 7.0rc1).  How is that
> possible if the kernel is too old for it?

That was linux_base-8, not linux_base-fc8.
Very different thing.