On 01.05.2014 15:38, Josh Boyer wrote: > On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 8:33 AM, Peter Robinson <pbrobinson@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>>>> There is a discrepancy in the terminology of these two packages: >>>>>> - kernel-drivers[1] >>>>>> - kernel-modules-extra >>>>>> >>>>>> Are these[1] modules passed the driving test? >>>>>> Should I read the "Banana Split" thread, again? >>>>>> Perhaps the "kernel-modules" for the "kernel-drivers" is the proper name. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I should have brought that up when the split was first proposed, but I >>>>> agree and I do not like this inconsistency. The new one should be >>>>> called kernel-modules, or the old kernel-modules-extra should be >>>>> renamed kernel-drivers-extra. >>> >>> Right. This kind of thing is why I let it sit for review for over a >>> month. Now it's live in Rawhide and doing a rename means you have to >>> get all the Provides/Obsoletes in place to kill off the old subpackage >>> name. In other words, it's a PITA. >> >> I avoiding bringing that up originally as I didn't want to get into a >> discussion about the colour of the bike shed. > > ... which causes a lot more work when the bike shed needs to be > repainted after the fact. In the future, please don't worry about > bike shedding. Nobody else does. > >>> Or, I may just do the rename and people that have the existing >>> subpackage installed can deal with it manually. >> >> I would likely just do that, I've excluded kernels from my rawhide >> updates for the moment as I suspect it'd take a few days to settle out >> >>>> I vote for kernel-modules and kernel-modules-extra, as not all modules are >>>> drivers. >>> >>> This is out for a vote. >> >> Since it's now being discussed I vote for modules* > > I actually meant to write "this is not out for a vote" because voting > isn't going to fix anything. Anyway, -modules might be doable, but I > have another bug to fix first. > > josh If "this is not out for a vote" then I do not vote for the "drivers"! Haha. poma _______________________________________________ kernel mailing list kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/kernel
