Re: kernel-source-2.0.35_2.0.35-2.deb
Hi,
>>"Hamish" == Hamish Moffatt <hamish@debian.org> writes:
Hamish> Can someone summarise the arguments for and against the
Hamish> change?
a) dpkg not designed for sources (whatever that means), and it can't
remove the package cleanly if there are extraneous files there
(inevitable when you build a package there)
b) Removing package may remove any changes made locally, like
patches, etc, and config data.
c) Takes up more disk space, and there is nthing the user can do
about that. Shipping a tarball means that the user may untar it in
a partition of choce, and remove the unpacked sources at will.
d) Less name spave pollution in /usr/src (no longer takes up dir
names that users tend to use oersonally when they download kernels
on their own).
Hamish> but I do use pcmcia-source and it works perfectly as-is.
Why do you think that shipping a tar ball would detrimentally
affect the way it ``works''? Could you elucidate the technical (as
opposed to "I like it the other way") reasons that shipping a tar
ball is less effective?
manoj
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