Like all good bits of software, the kernel.spec has grown over time. Part of this growth has come from building more of the userspace tools that live under the tools directory of the kernel. I've been experimenting with moving these to a separate spec file. Advantages: - Less stuff in the kernel.spec file (~300 line deletion) - Fewer build deps for things like perf - People building the kernel only get the kernel - Issues with userspace tools don't impact the kernel - Can likely drop most of the debuginfo regex nightmare for the userspace packages Disadvantages: - Would need to manually keep in sync on some cadence. This is mostly an issue for rawhide. Could we actually get away with only re-building on each new kernel version or do we need to resync on each -rc? - Would probably need to rework how tools are tied to kernel versions at the package level - Others added here I've experimented with something at https://pagure.io/kernel-tools-pkggit which is mostly a copy/paste of parts of the kernel.spec file. I'm mostly looking for general feedback about if this a good idea but I'm also interested in specific feedback if you have it. Thanks, Laura _______________________________________________ kernel mailing list -- kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to kernel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
