What is a Kernel?
I was horrified to find out that the kernel is "Required". The official
reason is "well, people compile kernels themselves". Well, people might
compile fileutils themselves, too. I think the packaging system has a big
problem with understanding kernels.
What we need is some /etc/alternatives-like interface to kernels, and
have people installing kernels from .debs. They can still compile
themselves -- apt-get source, make config, make debian package and
install.
Since it is provided for all stable kernels anyway, it should pose no
problems in that area. Anyone who is using a development kernel can
probably live with the fact he is cheating his debian system.
Of course, that is not the only way to solve this problem.
Any thoughts?
--
Moshe Zadka <moshez@math.huji.ac.il>
There is no IGLU cabal.
http://advogato.org/person/moshez
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