On Fri, 2009-05-29 at 22:54 +0200, drago01 wrote: > > kmod-gspca has been available in livna for a long time. And I loved > > it, as it provided me an easy way to use my webcam. > > > > But at every kernel update, it was a PITA to wait for the kmod until I > > could update the kernel. > > > > If Fedora had accepted the kmod in its repositories, would it have > > ever been included in mainstream kernel as it is today (which is the > > only real solution) ? > > > > By refusing kmods, we have more motivation to actually try and include > > upstream what we really need to use. If we can simply install the > > kmod, who cares if it's upstreamed ? > > This particular one _IS_ upstreamed. It was merged upstream in 2.6.28. > 2.6.29.4 is in F10 updates-testing and F11 will ship with a .29 based > kernel anyway. > > So you don't really need it anymore ;) That was his point. He was saying that, if kmods were accepted in Fedora, Fedora developers and users may not have done the work / provided the pressure for it to be upstreamed. -- Adam Williamson Fedora QA Community Monkey IRC: adamw | Fedora Talk: adamwill AT fedoraproject DOT org http://www.happyassassin.net -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
