On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 02:05:50PM +0100, Eike Sauer wrote: > Andreas Metzler schrieb: > > Eike Sauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> There already are several packages with complete > >> kernel sources which take as much place as his package > >> would, right? > > Robert does not propose to remove the existing kernel-source packages > > Even he was a bit vague about that (sometimes I understood > the large number of kernel packages used as an argument > for his idea, which seemed to imply that he wants to remove > many of them), I understood that. I wanted to say that the > size of his packages are not too large to be included if > we find they do something useful.
I'll try to be more specific. The argument consists in that I provide a pair of separate packages (linux and linux-2.4) which are clearly distinguishable from the "big set" (kernel-*). Then the user can choose between figuring out how the kernel-* work, or figuring out how the linux* work. My pretension is that the former is much more simple and straightforwarded for the end user (and developer). > > in exchange for ...? > > That goes to Robert. Uhm. As I told him we already went through this. I was asked this question already, and already responded, so I don't really know what to say. Just have a look at: 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)
