On Sat, May 31, 2014 at 9:06 PM, Robin H. Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > No, I don't agree that kernel configs "belong" to kernel packages. In > general, barring the crazy option explosion, these are meant to be stock > working configs that should in combination with ANY kernel package, > produce a working kernel. >
Then you are just moving the problem around. I believe that kernel configs should be provided by their own kernel packages (and there are some, not just gentoo-sources) because it is much easier to keep them in sync on every new release and deal with each version separately if/as needed (including testing!). How are you dealing with config var name changes between different kernel versions or just different pkgs then? You cannot possibly support all kernel versions for all kernel pkgs available in tree with just one single config file in a sane, clean and maintainable way, hoping that a change in this file will not affect previous or future kernel releases. How are you going to test your config changes against old kernel pkgs? Each test is quite expensive to run. Good luck with that :-) [...] > > -- > Robin Hugh Johnson > Gentoo Linux: Developer, Infrastructure Lead > E-Mail : [email protected] > GnuPG FP : 11ACBA4F 4778E3F6 E4EDF38E B27B944E 34884E85 > -- Fabio Erculiani
