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On 10/20/06, Daniel Drake <dsd@g.o> wrote: |
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> Christian Faulhammer wrote: |
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> > Announce it here (or -core) which needs a fix and then just commit the |
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> > fix if it is trivial and there has been no reaction. |
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> I think you didn't grasp the problem exactly. |
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> There are a large number of packages which build against the kernel and |
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> do not get much attention from their maintainers. To avoid too many |
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> sharp objects coming in my direction when a new kernel goes stable, I |
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> spend a lot of time providing fixes for these packages. |
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> The problem is that this (i.e. producing the fixes) is a big waste of |
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> time on my part, I'd rather work on real kernel stuff which is lagging |
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> behind. |
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> Daniel |
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This seems to me like a good opportunity to engage the arch teams for |
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some assistance. |
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