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Chris Gianelloni wrote: |
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> On Tue, 2007-11-13 at 21:05 +0100, Aniruddha wrote: |
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>> Hi, |
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>> I noticed that the Gentoo Linux Genkernel Guide isn't maintained |
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>> anymore. Is there anything I can do to help? |
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>> Disclaimer : This document is not valid and is not maintained |
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>> anymore. |
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>> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/genkernel.xml |
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> Sure. You can submit patches to the guide via our bug tracker at |
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> http://bugs.gentoo.org and we'll fix up the guide. |
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> The genkernel guide was (as far as I know) maintained mostly by the |
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> previous primary genkernel maintainer before he left Gentoo. As the |
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> current maintainer, I've spent more of my time working on the actual |
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> code of genkernel than the documentation. As such, the documentation is |
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> quite out-of-date and doesn't match current genkernel behavior. Even |
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> worse, I'm modifying some of the behavior to make more sense and be |
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> easier for the end user. Expect genkernel 3.4.9 to be quite different |
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> from 3.4.8, without breaking compatibility. When I get around to |
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> genkernel 3.5, things will be even more different, as we're diverging |
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> from the older code and making several modifications that we've blocked |
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> until now, as they were too disruptive. |
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> At any rate, I'm willing to help you proof any changes you make and can |
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> answer questions for you, but won't be able to actually spend the time |
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> to make any actual changes myself. |
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Chris, good to hear your working on genkernel :-) . I'll file a |
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bugreport with the a draft for the Genkernel Guide. Can you help me by |
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providing the following input? |
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-Which features are new in genkernel and where can I find more info |
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about hem? |
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-Which features mentioned in the genkernel guide are obsolete? |
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Thanks in advance! |
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Regards, |
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Aniruddha |