On Sat, Nov 08, 2003 at 09:54:32AM -0600, Marcelo E. Magallon wrote: > > It's not "cosmetic". The point is it has a completely different > > packaging style and philosophy. I want to package the Linux kernel in > > the same way the rest of Debian is packaged, that's all. > > Until now you have failed to provide a reason for that, other than > cosmetic reasons.
See: http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2003/debian-devel-200311/msg00414.html > Please _define_ your target user base, Those who like the advantages described in: http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2003/debian-devel-200311/msg00414.html > _That_ is the point of your packaging: you don't like the current > packaging for whatever reason and want a different one. I hope you > don't mind Mesa's packaging, because I'd be rather pissed if suddenly > someone comes with the great idea of creating mesa-cdbs just for the > sake of it. If someone wants to work on such a thing I won't stop > them. If they send patches I'll look at them. But it will take a good > deal of talking to convince me that that _per se_ is better. Read what the current Linux kernel maintainer says: http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2003/debian-devel-200311/msg00452.html > So, your package _can't_ be the default kernel package, because that > needs to be supported on all architectures the installer supports. > Which makes me wonder again: what is your target userbase? Those who like the advantages described in: http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2003/debian-devel-200311/msg00414.html -- Robert Millan "[..] but the delight and pride of Aule is in the deed of making, and in the thing made, and neither in possession nor in his own mastery; wherefore he gives and hoards not, and is free from care, passing ever on to some new work." -- J.R.R.T, Ainulindale (Silmarillion)
