Re: kernel-{image,headers} package bloat
On Sun, Apr 22, 2001 at 12:05:32PM +1000, Craig Sanders wrote:
>
> switching to initrd was an improvement, but it doesn't justify the bloat
> of having 2 dozen variants of i386-architecture kernel images. in fact,
> it's not even relevant to the issue.
You're ignoring our main disagreement. Which is whether most people should
use precompiled kernel images or recompile them.
If you took my position, which is that with initrd, there should be almost
no reason to compile a custom kernel image, then the conclusion is clear.
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