As Rex has said previously, this conversation needs to happen out here,
not just internal to RHAT. It's ours to answer.
We have our next Board meeting this coming Tuesday.
--Max
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Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 13:30:51 -0400 (EDT)
From: Max Spevack <mspevack@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: memo-list@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: kernel modules in fedora (was: 10 open source start-ups to watch)
Kernel modules will always lag behind kernel updates, possibly
preventing security updates from landing. Bug reports will inevitably
go to the kernel component and our (already overworked) kernel folks
will have to suss out what is actually a kernel issue vs a module
issue. The packaging of kernel modules does not mess well _at_ _all_
with RPM and our updating/build systems.
Summary: we've got work to do in our release process.
The kernel is not the only modular software out there. I don't see why
it should be special cased, especially when so much useful stuff can
only be achieved this way.
I agree.
The kernel is modular. A lot of cool open source projects (like Asterisk)
take advantage of that.
For Fedora to be as innovative as it can/should be, we need to be able to
handle things like this.
One way is by getting things into the upstream kernel, but that's
obviously not something we can just do by fiat.
Therefore, if we can't get all of the modules upstream, and we are leery
of supporting them otherwise due to the resources that are required, then
the solution is either to get more resources internally, or to focus some
of our community resources on this problem.
Asterisk and CCRMA are two examples of innovative code that should be a
part of Fedora. It's up to us to figure out how we can make that happen
from the engineering perspective, but we *need* to make it happen.
My $.02
--Max
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