On Fri, 2008-08-01 at 13:45 +0200, Jay Vaughan wrote: > > |>> ~ - binning the finegrained module packaging and having the > > modules > > |>> all > > |>> inside the kernel package > > |> nope. > > |>> ~ - if not, making some modules dependencies of the kernel package > > |> yes. > > |>> ~ - doing a depmod post-install or update of a kernel module > > package? > > |> yes. >
> > The strategy above allows us to easily add and remove packages while > maintaining stable end-user systems. Until the dust settles on the > kernel/modules packaging, I suggest we do the above to be as safe as > possible. > > > > ; > -- > Jay Vaughan > As a user, I beg to differ. Splitting the kernel into packages is a pita for users. More to download, more to manage and more to go wrong with inconsistencies and installation mayhem. BillK _______________________________________________ support mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/support
