On Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 5:30 PM, Fabio Erculiani <lx...@gentoo.org> wrote: > What I always wondered is why we have ebuilds for every kind of binary > except for kernels, yet we build official kernels with official > configs for our livecds.
Yup. I don't think the solution is to have a USE flag for every kernel parameter, but having a standardized kernel with a few flags probably isn't a bad idea. However, since I'm sure we want to fully support user-built kernels I don't really see that solving the config check problem. You can't just depend on the standardized kernel, unless you use a virtual and make gentoo-sources something that fulfills it (which means users going that route just don't get the check). That still isn't a bad solution - those who want the hand-holding version can just use the canned kernel. I would still suggest that if we went that route the kernel needs more modules than present on our install CDs. Nothing wrong with the install CDs per-se - they're focused on doing installation, not interfacing with webcams, IR remotes, or radios. Rich
