well it wasnt this distro but another as yet unnamed
just annoying when i upgrade and a kernel disappears that i was using well and the new one isnt complete to meet my needs…
ya know…
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Not really… Could you be more specific?
could i? yes…
will i? hmmm…
may just be time to move on i guess.
We would have to try all Arch based distros then… 
It probably depends on the kernel - any kernel it should be removed (or migrated from etc.) after it becomes unmaintained by the kernel developers.
So, I’d just go with the normal advice:
- If you want the latest stuff then use the latest short-term release and keep an LTS as backup, or
- If you want something which will work without changes for a long time then stick with an LTS kernel.
This is more of an issue - it implies whatever release management they have in place isn’t working. They shouldn’t be releasing a new kernel without having all the necessary modules available in some way (otherwise they will be breaking people’s installations). If this is a common issue with the distro then I’d be looking for a new one. 
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as it happens i reinstalled 5.8 and all is well again with that… 5.9 got updated so i could use my virtualbox. frustrates me how it played out… time lost and all
ah well… could have been worse.
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