-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 05/30/2014 01:39 PM, Fabio Erculiani wrote: > configs should have never gotten into genkernel in the first place. > it's each kernel pkg (or even version) that owns a valid config of > itself. > I am part of genkernel@ but I have no will nor time to fix it. And > when I have, I'd rather work on genkernel-next, that comes with a much > more readable initramfs code (that I managed to rewrite myself). > > Wiping the whole config files has been on my agenda for very long time > already.
And replaced by what? defconfig? allmodconfig? - -Zero > > On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 6:32 PM, Rich Freeman <ri...@gentoo.org> wrote: >> On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 1:02 PM, Ben Kohler <bkoh...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> As nice at it sounds to just DROP these configs, that option is not really >>> feasible considering the way we currently use genkernel in our handbook. >>> Relying on the kernel's own defconfig, "genkernel all" will NOT produce the >>> same mostly-usable-on-any-hardware result that we now rely on. >> >> Considering that the configs are more generically useful than >> genkernel, having them separately maintained sort-of makes sense. >> Then genkernel is a kernel build/install/initramfs tool, not a config >> management tool. >> >> I'd stick them someplace where any dev can get to them, and separate >> them from the genkernel functional code base. >> >> As far as who takes care of them goes - I suggest that this stuff >> comes out of the devmanual unless somebody steps up to take care of >> them. Those who take care of them become those who want to keep them >> around. You can't toss out a tool and ask for it to be a >> recommendation but point to others that you think need to maintain its >> configuration. >> >> Rich >> > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJTiMbcAAoJEKXdFCfdEflKWGAP/3PwUkUTqUIQrORooQv4ZTR8 CX/oI8jmhA8o+3QELpti8JY0qP8rak45w++7Hofyg5MD8UimS3jhUr5jWwS3gGyS K/SWIPlDsSDIrp0hQO4oTqT2zw3m1C/A+zpdElF5wtNZrEsF86rcn1CeO9ZKMUUq pet3qjPHhzOtts9QoyejIyTtm+iIzig7RlbuIYQmf44C8I0ZHhXnDiKfLc8TFLYE N0gpm9GzMpIP60hbRRAKfCtNqjG0y3XvJJSgHm+tdlx6+1dQXkSJjrkvMvI/L7gH oLFqT8TYpHf9aMkr32Hy2LY/b1dwDZqqjXozB+/Sgdgvh7XWtALLJO6WJovuVst5 Bhv1ADlBA8w9FQLqwi0QMapqf94lslmqfr4QEmWz/QURv8CM2gSsTqfqouxlI+HB QPWzM/pzyAi3UW8nP7lTfC96SrSoy8Vsop2/CxJxzUW0y3VGoRi3Ckuo38MXKiXI aHkKL+UisOWbbPWtU6TphRrdmphEkICOSvIVzRFA84I9hIgQF6EPic2TyY/+G2xz gKORB0BeTA2SnOjZ3S5uJClHViVugCepGVpy2J1WkTIb0sBJwchV8t5ssN1Aa+Vm 9uAXkDCK0tw8jK3pgsa+zweBA22LYIisk3TYq27+zOh11uso0kE6XXT/sunQZKOz /j2iAIh3/rhC4Y/OMNal =hNQF -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
