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