On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 8:24 PM, Kevin Kofler wrote:
Sorry but no. There is only one kernel for the entire distribution and I rather rely on kernel maintainers expertise on their packages rather than SIG's trying to dictate what patches the kernel should carry. The SIG participants are not kernel developers. If non upstream patches is needed, it requires someone to take ownership of keeping the patches updated for the kernel updates. If you are volunteering to do that work, please talk to the kernel developers. Otherwise, let them do their job without micro management.
Rahul
Chris Adams wrote:Because LZMA SquashFS is a feature which affects the live images, and almost
> Why don't you give the kernel maintainers the same courtesy?
exclusively the live images, and as such the SIGs controlling the live
images should be the ones making the decision.
Sorry but no. There is only one kernel for the entire distribution and I rather rely on kernel maintainers expertise on their packages rather than SIG's trying to dictate what patches the kernel should carry. The SIG participants are not kernel developers. If non upstream patches is needed, it requires someone to take ownership of keeping the patches updated for the kernel updates. If you are volunteering to do that work, please talk to the kernel developers. Otherwise, let them do their job without micro management.
Rahul
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