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Travis Tilley <lv@g.o> wrote: |
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> Kenny posted <412B7D72.9080605@×××××××.net>, excerpted below, on Tue, 24 |
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> Aug 2004 12:40:02 -0500: |
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>> I'f im understanding this correctly, development-sources is just mainline |
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>> from kernel.org... |
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> I believe U R correct. The name originated when it was kernel 2.5, which |
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> /was/ development sources. However, there's talk of removing the |
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> dev(elopment) from the various 2.6 packages, as they are no longer |
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> development, but stable. One proposal was to make them into |
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> linux26-sources or similar, as they did with the kernel-headers, but that |
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> was opposed as it puts the version in the name. Still, the goal is to |
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> rename them somehow, removing the dev portion, ideally b4 2004.3, and |
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> certainly by 2005.0.. so I guess we see what happens. |
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Why not just rename them to "vanilla-sources" and keyword the 2.6.x |
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ebuilds? |
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greetz, |
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haaner |
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