[gentoo-user] sys-kernel/ck-sources going away?

[q6dyhzbqaun4hbku]

I have run sys-kernel/ck-sources for years and it has been working well.  Just 
updated and got this message:

   !!! The following installed packages are masked:
   - sys-kernel/ck-sources-5.4.48::gentoo (masked by: package.mask)
   /var/db/repos/gentoo/profiles/package.mask:
   # Joonas Niilola  (2020-12-01)
   # Not maintained in Gentoo, multiple versions behind, unsafe, EAPI-5,
   # Use other kernel source / binary packages instead,
   # https://packages.gentoo.org/categories/sys-kernel
   # Removal in ~30 days.
   # Bugs: #716490 (aufs), #739782 (-ck), #757843 (-xbox)

Looked up the bugs. They do not give a reason to discontinue, other than to say 
these packages are not maintained. 

One bug, 739782, does suggest using sys-kernel/zen-sources instead. But I am 
leery:

1.) zen-sources is at version 5.9.11. That is way ahead of stable 
sys-kernel/gentoo-sources at 5.4.80-r1. That would seem to be far into the 
unstable range.

2.) As far as I can see zen-sources does not have any of the normal gentoo 
patch set that gentoo-sources or ck-sources uses.

3.) Page at https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Kernel/Overview shows zen-sources in 
the "previously provided kernel packages" category.

Any suggestions or comments about replacing sys-kernel/ck-sources?

Tom Naujokas (q6dyhzbqaun4hbku at tutanota.com) 


 

Re: [gentoo-user] sys-kernel/ck-sources going away?

[karl]

Tom Naujokas:
> I have run sys-kernel/ck-sources for years and it has been working well.  
> Just updated and got this message:
> 
>    !!! The following installed packages are masked:
>    - sys-kernel/ck-sources-5.4.48::gentoo (masked by: package.mask)
>    /var/db/repos/gentoo/profiles/package.mask:
>    # Joonas Niilola  (2020-12-01)
>    # Not maintained in Gentoo, multiple versions behind, unsafe, EAPI-5,
>    # Use other kernel source / binary packages instead,
>    # https://packages.gentoo.org/categories/sys-kernel
>    # Removal in ~30 days.
>    # Bugs: #716490 (aufs), #739782 (-ck), #757843 (-xbox)
> 
> Looked up the bugs. They do not give a reason to discontinue, other than to 
> say these packages are not maintained.

It seems maintained upstream, latest is from october:
 http://ck.kolivas.org/patches/muqss/5.0/5.9/

If no one is mainaining it in _gentoo_, then I understand that it will go
away, perhaps you can be the new maintainer for it?

The message says EAPI-5, but isn't this 6:
$ grep EAPI sys-kernel/ck-sources/ck-sources-5.4.*
sys-kernel/ck-sources/ck-sources-5.4.37.ebuild:EAPI="6"
sys-kernel/ck-sources/ck-sources-5.4.48.ebuild:EAPI="6"

Even if it is dropped in gentoo, nothing hinders you to apply the
patches upstream.

Regards,
/Karl Hammar