On Fri, 2007-09-07 at 11:24 +0200, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote: > dwmw2's proposal afaics mainly reads as "no > separately packaged *kernel-modules* (in source or binary form) in > Fedora at all"; but he uses the term "kmods" here and there (and kmod > specific examples), so some people afaics got the idea that something > else (like dkms) would be acceptable. I doubt that's the intention > behind dwmw2's proposal. David, can you clarify? Or Jesse (who's listed > as owner for the proposal as well)? Indeed it was not the intention -- I used the term 'kmod' to refer to a generic evil. I have clarified the wording now. Not only do I think we shouldn't ship modules in binary form, I think we shouldn't be shipping them in source form as dkms payload either. I've no particular objection to shipping dkms itself, just as I have no objection to shipping the kernel-devel package -- I just don't think there's any justification for shipping 'dkms payload' packages as part of Fedora. > > Why not to close this topic > > with "No Kmod Packages Allowed in Fedora Repository"? > > Same here ;-) Make that a "No separately packaged kernel-modules in > Fedora at all" and it gets a +1 from me. > > > I think still something is going on that is preventing FESCO to > > directly come to conclusion of disallowing kernel module packages in > > fedora". > > From looking at the FESCo meeting logs it were just real life issues: > dwmw2 was not around yesterday... Yeah, I need to apologise for my poor attendance at meetings in the last few weeks. Being in Shanghai babysitting OLPC builds makes the meeting about 1am local time -- which when I'm working 14-hour days means that if I _did_ wake up for it I wouldn't be massively coherent anyway. This week it was the Kernel Summit... but I really will try to be present next week, even though I'll be away from home again at another meeting. I do appreciate the faith that people placed in me when they voted for me (assuming they did, and it wasn't just a conspiracy that I got in), and I know that I need to repay that trust. I won't keep skipping meetings -- I promise. -- dwmw2 -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
