Re: [wli@holomorphy.com: Re: NMU: kernel]

[Thiemo Seufer <ica2_ts@csv.ica.uni-stuttgart.de>]

Clint Adams wrote:
> > Single source packages are nice, but not practical in the debian case. I
> > guess you will have uploads multiplied by 12 or so compared to today, if
> > you want to keep the reactivity that is possible today.
> 
> It works for glibc, though that is uploaded much too infrequently.

glibc is easier to handle because it can use the kernel's hardware
abstraction.

With a single kernel package, you'd have to wait with a new i386 release
until the user of one of the more obscure mips subarchitectures gave it
a try on his box. That's simply not practical.

Btw, so far nobody explained why a single kernel package should be
beneficial. In the ideal case, the arch-specific one contains only
the debian/ directory and the kernel config files. It's nearly zero
effort to keep it that way, and it allows much more leeway to handle
less ideal cases.


Thiemo