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Re: NMU: kernel



Arjan van de Ven wrote:
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> > Does this mean to put all of 2.6 support in a single package? I don't
> > think such an approach works well for architectures maintained outside
> > the mainline (linus/morton) tree.
> 
> Such architectures are really on the wrong track imo. They are also a pain
> for any kernel maintainer, including the arch maintainers themselves. Afaics
> all major architectures are uptodate in 2.6,

Debian doesn't only care about the major architectures.

> and given how fast architecture
> updates get merged I see no real valid excuse for an architecture to be
> maintained externally. Maybe I'm missing something, and if so, please
> enlighten me.

I'm more interested in facts than in "valid excuses". The MIPS 2.6.6
diff is currently 2 MB, with parts of it not ready for upstream. The
2.4.26 is 1 MB. I don't see the 2.6 situation changing soon.


Thiemo

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