Re: [PRQ#46142] Deletion Request for zfs-dkms-helper

2023-11-28 Thread Bin Jin
This is a meta package I created to prevent future mainline linux updates breaking zfs-dkms packages. zfs-dkms is closely tied to linux kernel versions and has a compatibility layer to add specific support for each major linux kernel release (e.g. "6.x"). So zfs-dkms has long been worried about li

[PRQ#46142] Deletion Request for zfs-dkms-helper Accepted

2023-11-21 Thread notify
Request #46142 has been Accepted by muflone [1]: [Autogenerated] Accepted deletion for zfs-dkms-helper. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/muflone/

Re: [PRQ#46142] Deletion Request for zfs-dkms-helper

2023-08-25 Thread Marcell Meszaros
The zfs project's latest stable release does not officially support Linux 6.4.* yet, but your metapackage allows that version. If someone installs zfs for that kernel version, they should already be aware that it can break at any point release of it. Your package doesn't "help" in that area. I

[PRQ#46142] Deletion Request for zfs-dkms-helper

2023-08-12 Thread notify
MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for zfs-dkms-helper [2]: Unneeded new metapackage. Name doesn't make sense, and description is also not really understandable. Users can install any linux kernel and the zfs-dkms module for it, or a kernel-specific zfs module. This package does not add anythi