Re: eradicating out of tree modules

2007-10-30 Thread Greg KH
On Tue, Oct 30, 2007 at 09:11:11AM -0400, linux-os (Dick Johnson) wrote: > I'm sure that the majority of Linux users would never acquire > the 4-board assembly that we use to acquire X-Ray data and > generate real-time images for the baggage scanners in use > at the world's major airports. That

Re: eradicating out of tree modules

2007-10-30 Thread Xavier Bestel
On Tue, 2007-10-30 at 09:11 -0400, linux-os (Dick Johnson) wrote: > I'm sure that the majority of Linux users would never acquire > the 4-board assembly that we use to acquire X-Ray data and > generate real-time images for the baggage scanners in use > at the world's major airports. That assembly,

Re: eradicating out of tree modules

2007-10-30 Thread linux-os (Dick Johnson)
On Mon, 29 Oct 2007, Tilman Schmidt wrote: > Am 28.10.2007 20:25 schrieb Adrian Bunk: >> On Sun, Oct 28, 2007 at 07:51:12PM +0100, Tilman Schmidt wrote: >>> Am 28.10.2007 02:55 schrieb Adrian Bunk: Justifying anything with code with not GPL compatible licences has zero relevance here.

Re: eradicating out of tree modules

2007-10-30 Thread linux-os (Dick Johnson)
On Mon, 29 Oct 2007, Tilman Schmidt wrote: Am 28.10.2007 20:25 schrieb Adrian Bunk: On Sun, Oct 28, 2007 at 07:51:12PM +0100, Tilman Schmidt wrote: Am 28.10.2007 02:55 schrieb Adrian Bunk: Justifying anything with code with not GPL compatible licences has zero relevance here. And there's

Re: eradicating out of tree modules

2007-10-30 Thread Xavier Bestel
On Tue, 2007-10-30 at 09:11 -0400, linux-os (Dick Johnson) wrote: I'm sure that the majority of Linux users would never acquire the 4-board assembly that we use to acquire X-Ray data and generate real-time images for the baggage scanners in use at the world's major airports. That assembly,

Re: eradicating out of tree modules

2007-10-30 Thread Greg KH
On Tue, Oct 30, 2007 at 09:11:11AM -0400, linux-os (Dick Johnson) wrote: I'm sure that the majority of Linux users would never acquire the 4-board assembly that we use to acquire X-Ray data and generate real-time images for the baggage scanners in use at the world's major airports. That

Re: eradicating out of tree modules

2007-10-29 Thread Tilman Schmidt
Am 28.10.2007 20:25 schrieb Adrian Bunk: > On Sun, Oct 28, 2007 at 07:51:12PM +0100, Tilman Schmidt wrote: >> Am 28.10.2007 02:55 schrieb Adrian Bunk: >>> Justifying anything with code with not GPL compatible licences has zero >>> relevance here. >>> >>> And there's value in making life harder

Re: eradicating out of tree modules

2007-10-29 Thread Tilman Schmidt
Am 28.10.2007 20:25 schrieb Adrian Bunk: On Sun, Oct 28, 2007 at 07:51:12PM +0100, Tilman Schmidt wrote: Am 28.10.2007 02:55 schrieb Adrian Bunk: Justifying anything with code with not GPL compatible licences has zero relevance here. And there's value in making life harder for such modules

Re: eradicating out of tree modules

2007-10-28 Thread Adrian Bunk
On Sun, Oct 28, 2007 at 07:51:12PM +0100, Tilman Schmidt wrote: > Am 28.10.2007 02:55 schrieb Adrian Bunk: > > Justifying anything with code with not GPL compatible licences has zero > > relevance here. > > > > And there's value in making life harder for such modules with > > questionable

Re: eradicating out of tree modules

2007-10-28 Thread Tilman Schmidt
Am 28.10.2007 02:55 schrieb Adrian Bunk: > Justifying anything with code with not GPL compatible licences has zero > relevance here. > > And there's value in making life harder for such modules with > questionable legality. As an example, consider people who experienced > crashes of "the Linux

Re: eradicating out of tree modules

2007-10-28 Thread Tilman Schmidt
Am 28.10.2007 15:37 schrieb Stefan Richter: > Tilman Schmidt wrote: >> Am 28.10.2007 10:25 schrieb Stefan Richter: >>> You two are hypothesizing. >> No, we're not. We're discussing the very real issue of whether >> LSM should be amputated in such a way as to make life difficult >> for out of tree

Re: eradicating out of tree modules

2007-10-28 Thread Simon Arlott
On 28/10/07 14:37, Stefan Richter wrote: > Tilman Schmidt wrote: >> Am 28.10.2007 10:25 schrieb Stefan Richter: >>> You two are hypothesizing. >> >> No, we're not. We're discussing the very real issue of whether >> LSM should be amputated in such a way as to make life difficult >> for out of tree

Re: eradicating out of tree modules

2007-10-28 Thread Stefan Richter
Tilman Schmidt wrote: > Am 28.10.2007 10:25 schrieb Stefan Richter: >> You two are hypothesizing. > > No, we're not. We're discussing the very real issue of whether > LSM should be amputated in such a way as to make life difficult > for out of tree security module developers. I still believe you

Re: eradicating out of tree modules

2007-10-28 Thread Tilman Schmidt
Am 28.10.2007 10:25 schrieb Stefan Richter: > You two are hypothesizing. No, we're not. We're discussing the very real issue of whether LSM should be amputated in such a way as to make life difficult for out of tree security module developers. > - We (most of us) change APIs to improve the

Re: eradicating out of tree modules

2007-10-28 Thread Stefan Richter
Adrian Bunk wrote: > On Sat, Oct 27, 2007 at 04:47:15PM +0200, Tilman Schmidt wrote: >> There is a big difference between "not doing anything to help" >> and "actively doing something to make life difficult for". The >> former is undoubtedly legitimate. It's the latter we're >> discussing here. >

Re: eradicating out of tree modules

2007-10-28 Thread Stefan Richter
Adrian Bunk wrote: On Sat, Oct 27, 2007 at 04:47:15PM +0200, Tilman Schmidt wrote: There is a big difference between not doing anything to help and actively doing something to make life difficult for. The former is undoubtedly legitimate. It's the latter we're discussing here. Justifying

Re: eradicating out of tree modules

2007-10-28 Thread Tilman Schmidt
Am 28.10.2007 10:25 schrieb Stefan Richter: You two are hypothesizing. No, we're not. We're discussing the very real issue of whether LSM should be amputated in such a way as to make life difficult for out of tree security module developers. - We (most of us) change APIs to improve the

Re: eradicating out of tree modules

2007-10-28 Thread Stefan Richter
Tilman Schmidt wrote: Am 28.10.2007 10:25 schrieb Stefan Richter: You two are hypothesizing. No, we're not. We're discussing the very real issue of whether LSM should be amputated in such a way as to make life difficult for out of tree security module developers. I still believe you are.

Re: eradicating out of tree modules

2007-10-28 Thread Simon Arlott
On 28/10/07 14:37, Stefan Richter wrote: Tilman Schmidt wrote: Am 28.10.2007 10:25 schrieb Stefan Richter: You two are hypothesizing. No, we're not. We're discussing the very real issue of whether LSM should be amputated in such a way as to make life difficult for out of tree security

Re: eradicating out of tree modules

2007-10-28 Thread Tilman Schmidt
Am 28.10.2007 15:37 schrieb Stefan Richter: Tilman Schmidt wrote: Am 28.10.2007 10:25 schrieb Stefan Richter: You two are hypothesizing. No, we're not. We're discussing the very real issue of whether LSM should be amputated in such a way as to make life difficult for out of tree security

Re: eradicating out of tree modules

2007-10-28 Thread Tilman Schmidt
Am 28.10.2007 02:55 schrieb Adrian Bunk: Justifying anything with code with not GPL compatible licences has zero relevance here. And there's value in making life harder for such modules with questionable legality. As an example, consider people who experienced crashes of the Linux kernel

Re: eradicating out of tree modules

2007-10-28 Thread Adrian Bunk
On Sun, Oct 28, 2007 at 07:51:12PM +0100, Tilman Schmidt wrote: Am 28.10.2007 02:55 schrieb Adrian Bunk: Justifying anything with code with not GPL compatible licences has zero relevance here. And there's value in making life harder for such modules with questionable legality. As an

Re: eradicating out of tree modules (was: Linux Security *Module* Framework)

2007-10-27 Thread Adrian Bunk
On Sat, Oct 27, 2007 at 04:07:41PM +0200, Tilman Schmidt wrote: > Greg KH schrieb: > > On Fri, Oct 26, 2007 at 11:46:39AM +0200, Tilman Schmidt wrote: > >> [...] I still think there will always be > >> a number of external modules that cannot be merged right now or at > >> all, and deliberately

Re: eradicating out of tree modules (was: : Linux Security *Module* Framework)

2007-10-27 Thread Adrian Bunk
On Sat, Oct 27, 2007 at 04:47:15PM +0200, Tilman Schmidt wrote: > Adrian Bunk schrieb: > > On Fri, Oct 26, 2007 at 11:46:39AM +0200, Tilman Schmidt wrote: > >> On Thu, 25 Oct 2007 19:56:47 -0700, Greg KH wrote: > >>> On Fri, Oct 26, 2007 at 01:09:14AM +0200, Tilman Schmidt wrote: > [...] Once

Re: eradicating out of tree modules

2007-10-27 Thread Stefan Richter
Tilman Schmidt wrote about: > breaking interfaces they rely on for no other "very good > reason" than to discourage out-of-tree development? How often did this happen yet? -- Stefan Richter -=-=-=== =-=- ==-== http://arcgraph.de/sr/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe

eradicating out of tree modules (was: : Linux Security *Module* Framework)

2007-10-27 Thread Tilman Schmidt
Adrian Bunk schrieb: > On Fri, Oct 26, 2007 at 11:46:39AM +0200, Tilman Schmidt wrote: >> On Thu, 25 Oct 2007 19:56:47 -0700, Greg KH wrote: >>> On Fri, Oct 26, 2007 at 01:09:14AM +0200, Tilman Schmidt wrote: [...] Once you admit that there is code which, for very good reasons, won't

eradicating out of tree modules (was: Linux Security *Module* Framework)

2007-10-27 Thread Tilman Schmidt
Greg KH schrieb: > On Fri, Oct 26, 2007 at 11:46:39AM +0200, Tilman Schmidt wrote: >> [...] I still think there will always be >> a number of external modules that cannot be merged right now or at >> all, and deliberately making life difficult for out-of-tree code >> maintainers in order to coerce

eradicating out of tree modules (was: Linux Security *Module* Framework)

2007-10-27 Thread Tilman Schmidt
Greg KH schrieb: On Fri, Oct 26, 2007 at 11:46:39AM +0200, Tilman Schmidt wrote: [...] I still think there will always be a number of external modules that cannot be merged right now or at all, and deliberately making life difficult for out-of-tree code maintainers in order to coerce them

eradicating out of tree modules (was: : Linux Security *Module* Framework)

2007-10-27 Thread Tilman Schmidt
Adrian Bunk schrieb: On Fri, Oct 26, 2007 at 11:46:39AM +0200, Tilman Schmidt wrote: On Thu, 25 Oct 2007 19:56:47 -0700, Greg KH wrote: On Fri, Oct 26, 2007 at 01:09:14AM +0200, Tilman Schmidt wrote: [...] Once you admit that there is code which, for very good reasons, won't ever be accepted

Re: eradicating out of tree modules

2007-10-27 Thread Stefan Richter
Tilman Schmidt wrote about: breaking interfaces they rely on for no other very good reason than to discourage out-of-tree development? How often did this happen yet? -- Stefan Richter -=-=-=== =-=- ==-== http://arcgraph.de/sr/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe

Re: eradicating out of tree modules (was: : Linux Security *Module* Framework)

2007-10-27 Thread Adrian Bunk
On Sat, Oct 27, 2007 at 04:47:15PM +0200, Tilman Schmidt wrote: Adrian Bunk schrieb: On Fri, Oct 26, 2007 at 11:46:39AM +0200, Tilman Schmidt wrote: On Thu, 25 Oct 2007 19:56:47 -0700, Greg KH wrote: On Fri, Oct 26, 2007 at 01:09:14AM +0200, Tilman Schmidt wrote: [...] Once you admit that

Re: eradicating out of tree modules (was: Linux Security *Module* Framework)

2007-10-27 Thread Adrian Bunk
On Sat, Oct 27, 2007 at 04:07:41PM +0200, Tilman Schmidt wrote: Greg KH schrieb: On Fri, Oct 26, 2007 at 11:46:39AM +0200, Tilman Schmidt wrote: [...] I still think there will always be a number of external modules that cannot be merged right now or at all, and deliberately making life