Gentoo Archives: gentoo-dev

From: "Andreas K. Huettel" <dilfridge@g.o>
To: gentoo development <gentoo-dev@l.g.o>
Cc: Matt Turner <mattst88@g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] 'pax_kernel' USE flag
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2021 23:24:16
Message-Id: 12945541.dW097sEU6C@pinacolada
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] 'pax_kernel' USE flag by Matt Turner
1 > > The PaX community in Gentoo is still big and active.
2 > >
3 > > Many Gentoo users received free access to upstream sources or became
4 > > paying customers.
5 > >
6 > > It's just not available for everyone for free/without registration
7 > > anymore. But it is still a thing in Gentoo.
8 >
9 > Can you substantiate that claim?
10 >
11 > There was a pax-kernel USE flag on Mesa and I don't recall anyone
12 > saying a word when I removed it.
13 >
14 > If there are paying customers that have PaX kernels, perhaps they'd be
15 > interested in providing some support for Gentoo if we're being asked
16 > to retain support for something we cannot test.
17
18 Summary from the replies so far:
19 * either noone is using it,
20 * or noone is willing to admit using it.
21
22 --
23 Andreas K. Hüttel
24 dilfridge@g.o
25 Gentoo Linux developer
26 (council, toolchain, base-system, perl, libreoffice)

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