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On Tue, 27 Dec 2005 16:50:16 +0100, Henrik Brix Andersen wrote: |
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> On Fri, Dec 23, 2005 at 09:49:04PM +0100, Diego 'Flameeyes' Pettenò wrote: |
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>> I thought that we (gentoo devs) were trying to split the modules from ebuilds, |
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>> so that people don't need to waste time with userland when rebuilding modules |
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>> after kernel update. |
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> We are. At least that's the policy suggested by the kernel herd. This |
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> policy also allows applying securiy/bug fixes to kernel modules |
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> without forcing users to recompile the userland part and vice versa. |
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> Regards, |
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> Brix |
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Thanks all for the feedback. It's important to realize that "userland" in |
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this case is under 1 minute compile time. One of the modules, glx, doesn't |
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even get compiled. A poster on this thread noted that glx took 14 |
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seconds -- it just copies closed source libraries. Sometimes one can go |
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overboard trying to modularize and perfect an installation process. Look |
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at the user list and see how many problems some "enhancements" cause -- |
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keyword changes, use variables, etc.! |
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Here, the intent is to simplify things, remove steps and ebuilds, and make |
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it more user friendly and require less interaction. |
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