Re: Out-of-tree kernel module popularity

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Subject: Re: Out-of-tree kernel module popularity
From: "Paul Wise" <pabs@debian.org>
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 11:32:26 +1000
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On 10/20/07, Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> wrote:

> It seems like it would be useful to
> aggregate statistics for out-of-tree kernel module packages

Interestingly, Fedora has a new policy that kernel module packages
must be merged with kernel.org or removed from Fedora:

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/KernelModules
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DavidWoodhouse/KmodProposal

I don't think this would be an option for Debian, but it certainly is
a gutsy move.

-- 
bye,
pabs

http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise

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