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On January 4, 2020 4:54:07 AM PST, Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o> wrote: |
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>Uh, all it does is install kernel sources. They're useless unless you |
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>build a kernel using them. |
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>Apparently git and tar are too complicated for Gentoo users, but |
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>managing symlinks, using make, managing a bootloader, dealing with the |
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>kernel's configuration system, and so on are just fine? |
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I use gentoo-sources myself, but still, I would like to propose one reason for keeping vanilla-sources. For me, git/tar are not too complicated, but having V-S in the Gentoo tree would provide another benefit: reducing the number of things I have to check every weekly update cycle. Every piece of software I get from a source other than the Gentoo tree is another website I have to visit every update day to check whether there’s a newer version available. So from that perspective, the advantage of having packages in tree that just install some files is that emerge tells me when a new version is available, rather than me having to go every week to upstream’s website and check manually (or sign up for countless announcement mailing lists). |
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Of course this would be a bad argument if V-S were lagging behind upstream significantly, and it’s a much better argument for packages that come with expectations of security team support than those that don’t, but it is something to consider. |
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Christopher Head |
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