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On Fri, 9 Jul 2004, Greg KH wrote: |
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> On Fri, Jul 09, 2004 at 03:15:05PM -0600, Jason Wever wrote: |
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> > Can we please get a consistent answer on 2.6 kernels when it comes to |
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> > sparc? We used to have sparc-development-sources, which we were told to |
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> > consolidate into development-sources. Now today with absolutely 0 |
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> > notification what-so-ever, our patchsets to development-sources were |
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> > yanked because it wasn't the appropriate place. |
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> Sorry for the stress. There really isn't a kernel team anymore, becides |
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> me and a few others, and we all seem strung accross different timezones |
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> these days. |
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That's about the size of most of our teams. What was so dire about the |
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sparc patch to development-sources that it had to be removed right this |
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instant without consulting both SPARC and your own kernel team? |
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> Here's the answer: |
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> - development-sources are clean kernel.org kernels |
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> - gentoo-dev-sources are the current 2.6 kernel trees for all |
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> arches. There is no cesspool of patches in there, and it is |
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> the kernel for the ppc64, amd64, x86, and a few other arches. |
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> Making it the sparc kernel too is no big deal. |
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> This is needed so that bugs and security fixes that previously have not |
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> gotten put into the d-s package get applied across all arches quickly |
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> and easily. |
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> I am willing and able to help the sparc team (and any other arch) to |
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> make the g-d-s package work for them. |
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> Is that acceptable? |
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Yes and no. I'm definitely willing to help work with you to get that |
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patch set in there. However that doesn't change the fact that the |
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adjustment of the packages today was very bad as it wasn't communicated at |
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all to allow us to at least notify our users that things will change. |
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Removing our patchset can and will cause problems for people who were |
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using development-sources on sparc, and more than just because they have |
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to switch what kernel they use. |
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If you want to make changes that's fine, just please consider the |
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ramifications of those changes and let the people who will be effected |
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know with enough time before-hand so that they can do what is needed to |
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help make those migration changes as smooth as possible. |
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Jason Wever |
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Gentoo/Sparc Co-Team Lead |
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