Re: eliminating -source packages
On Jun 19, Joey Hess wrote:
> Peter Makholm wrote:
> Last time I needed the kernel source, it was on cd #2 or #3 (which I
> didn't have), and so I had to download it.
>
> I don't think it matters whether it's on cd #2 as a binary, or on source
> cd #1. If it could go on binary cd #1, that would of course be more useful
> to everyone who prefers to rebuild the kernel.
FWIW, if you build potato CDs using the popularity-contest data,
several kernel-source packages end up being on the first CD. I'm not
sure if popcon is used for the official CDs though.
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