Re: New Update has no kmod for new kernel and new nvidia driver

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On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 10:58 PM, Tim <ignored_mailbox@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, 2010-07-14 at 11:38 -0700, Rick Stevens wrote:
>> I can see two possible solutions.  One would take the form of yum
>> checking to see if kmods are needed for a new kernel on the system and
>> not downloading the kernel if the kmods aren't available.
>
> I thought that was already done with the skip-broken option/plugin?
> Where an update run would only bring in all the things that could be
> installed.  The next run would do whatever else it omitted before, if
> the modules had been built in the meantime.

That's not how it works and not what --skip-broken does.  That option
skips trying to update packages for which there are broken
dependencies.  In this case, there are no broken dependencies.  The
new kernel is available, installable, and all packages on which it
depends are available and installable.  The Fedora kernel does not
have a dependency defined for the proprietary nVidia driver, so it's
not considered broken when it "can't" be updated.

In response to the wider discussion (not specifically to you, Tim),
asking the Fedora Project to work around brokenness the user
introduces themselves through the use of 3rd party software is
entirely unreasonable.  When you upgrade the core of your operating
system, regardless of vendor, there is no expectation that 3rd party
software or drivers will continue to work.  It is up to you, the user,
to ensure that 3rd party software you depend on works in your new
environment.  If dealing with kernel upgrades that break 3rd party
software is not for you, and you don't know how to work around it,
then either find out how or accept that Fedora may not be what you're
looking for.

This is documented in the 4 Foundations of the Fedora Project:

First
[  .  .  .  ]
We recognize that there is also a place for long-term stability in the
Linux ecosystem, and that there are a variety of community-oriented
and business-oriented Linux distributions available to serve that
need. However, the Fedora Project's goal of advancing free software
dictates that the Fedora Project itself pursue a strategy that
preserves the forward momentum of our technical, collateral, and
community-building progress. Fedora always aims to provide the future,
first.

If you're relying on slow to release proprietary 3rd party software,
well, the Fedora train has already left the station.  If you need
something that's going to provide an unchanging framework in which to
run your 3rd party software, "there are a variety of
community-oriented and business-oriented Linux distributions that
serve that need."

Likewise, also documented in the 4 Foundations of the project, is the
concept of Freedom, and this commitment to Freedom precludes the
Project from devoting (or wasting) time on ensuring that proprietary
3rd party kmods work with the operating system:

Freedom
[  .  .  .  ]
Freedom represents dedication to free software and content. We believe
that advancing software and content freedom is a central goal for the
Fedora Project, and that we should accomplish that goal through the
use of the software and content we promote. By including free
alternatives to proprietary code and content, we can improve the
overall state of free and open source software and content, and limit
the effects of proprietary or patent encumbered code on the Project.
Sometimes this goal prevents us from taking the easy way out by
including proprietary or patent encumbered software in Fedora, or
using those kinds of products in our other project work.

If this commitment to Free software is something that you find
inconvenient or problematic, then again, Fedora may not be the
solution you are looking for.  However, if you feel the overall goals
of the Fedora project are worth supporting, but find you rely on
proprietary 3rd party software, then the onus is on you to educate
yourself on how to make that happen.

-- 
Chris
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