On Thu, Oct 06, 2011 at 12:40:00PM -0400, John W. Linville wrote: > > I'm thinking along the lines of having stuff just work by default rather > > than having users file bugs when something breaks, and then having to > > tell them 'oh, install compat-wireless'. > > You mean just have it in the base kernel package? I would be happy > with that. yeah. > The idea for a seperate package was mostly to give > an escape hatch for those that didn't want the later drivers for > whatever reason. I'd have thought the opposite would be desirable. People usually *want* new drivers. > But if we stick to the compat-wireless releases > based on stable kernels, I don't think there is a great stability > concern with just using them for everyone. > > Removing the bits of the patch that generate separate packages > is nearly trivial. I'll be happy to do that if that is generally > preferred. :-) We've carried some of the other git trees in the past, and as long as someone is maintaining them (which I'm sure you will), I don't see it being a big deal. Dave _______________________________________________ kernel mailing list kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/kernel
