Re: kernel-{image,headers} package bloat
On Tue, Apr 24, 2001 at 05:26:27PM -0700, Aaron Lehmann wrote:
>
> Ok, so why did this come up at all in the discussion of the kernel
> package bloat? It seems to me that providing optimized kernels is a
Because someone asked why the kernel-headers necessary. Their presence
allows both our module maintainers and other maintainers to compile modules
easily. It doesn't mean that they will. But it certainly makes it a lot
more likely.
> after seeing so many kernel versions. Your binary module argument
> would support encouraging the use of a uniform kernel build. I don't
> care about this particular argument or its consequences, but I would
> think that you would, with your sympathies to "binary-only" kernel
> modules.
You seem to be confusing the kernel-header discussion with the kernel-image
discussion. Please go back and reread the thread.
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