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On May 31, 2014 8:42 PM, "Robin H. Johnson" <robbat2@g.o> wrote: |
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> On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 06:10:40PM +0300, Samuli Suominen wrote: |
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> > I can't find anyone with access that actually replies to mails, pings, |
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> > ... to genkernel repository for: |
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> > https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=461828 |
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> > I'll p.mask it on amd64 profiles if noone replies soon :( |
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> My excuse is AFK baby, literally sleeping on me right now, and not even |
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> 2 months old. |
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> I saw floppym's original comment opening the bug, but none of the |
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> followups due to baby eating my life. |
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> I'll apply this patch later today if I have a chance, but I do agree |
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> with the general sentiment of this thread that the kernel configs NEED |
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> to get out of genkernel; so that arches can touch them at will, and |
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> other initramfs/kernel build tools can start to use them. |
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> In the absence of any other prompt complaints, I'll create a |
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> kernel-configs repo, and move the configs there. |
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It would be better if those would be put in individual source pkgs in a way |
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that they can be picked up by genkernel. Kernel config belongs to kernel |
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pkgs, pretty much like init scripts or config files belong to their own |
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project pkgs. |
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> The one thing that WILL have to be maintained in genkernel still, and |
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> in-sync with kernel changes, are the modules_load files, esp when new |
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> common stuff is added to the kernel (disk controllers & filesystems most |
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> commonly). |
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> -- |
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> Robin Hugh Johnson |
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> Gentoo Linux: Developer, Infrastructure Lead |
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> E-Mail : robbat2@g.o |
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> GnuPG FP : 11ACBA4F 4778E3F6 E4EDF38E B27B944E 34884E85 |
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