Re: kernel-{image,headers} package bloat
On Wed, Apr 25, 2001 at 10:31:46AM +1000, Herbert Xu wrote:
> 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.
no, it makes it a lot less likely.
a person/company producing a binary kernel module is FAR more likely to
create one for debian if they only have to create one module, rather
than a dozen or so.
even if they can be bothered putting in the effort to figure out exactly
what kernel-headers package(s) and how it all works, they need installed
it's still a lot more work to produce and support a dozen versions(*) of
their module rather than just one.
(*) per kernel version that they choose to support.
> You seem to be confusing the kernel-header discussion with the
> kernel-image discussion. Please go back and reread the thread.
they're one and the same. "kernel-{image,headers} package bloat" has
been the topic of this thread from the beginning.
craig
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