[gentoo-dev] Re: Anyone with access to genkernel repository? Or should genkernel be p.masked on amd64 profiles?

[Steven J. Long]

On Fri, May 30, 2014, Rick "Zero_Chaos" Farina wrote:
> On 05/30/2014 11:10 AM, Samuli Suominen wrote:
> > https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=461828
> >
> > I'll p.mask it on amd64 profiles if noone replies soon :(
> >
>
> Please don't p.mask a working program because a config file is wrong.
> The arch teams think the genkernel team should be updating the kernel
> configs and vice-versa, so no one does it.  I would be fine with
> entirely removing the kernel configs in genkernel, but I assure you a
> p.mask won't last long as it breaks releng and breaks users.
>
> I'm super happy for you that you like dracut, but gentoo officially uses
> genkernel and it shall not be p.masked due to an OPTIONAL config file.

Makes sense; the suggestion to use releng configs also makes sense. No
configs also works, given that the relevant sources package is usually
patched within Gentoo, but a releng config would lead to more testing,
and easier collaboration, one might hope.

Though I'm at a loss as to how a package.mask is any less work than
simply setting the string to ""; worrying about a changelong entry in
an environment where everyone deliberately has commit to everything,
seems inane.

In any event, please move to simplify to one or none, rather than
current 2, as you discussed in the bug.

Regards,
steveL
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