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Re: powerpc kernel-patch 2.6.6-5 in incoming since over a month !!!



On Fri, Jun 18, 2004 at 04:53:19PM +0200, Jens Schmalzing wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Sven Luther writes:
> 
> > Ok, i will see if i can make a package of it, but i would appreciate
> > if someone else review it before upload.
> 
> Just my 2 cents on this:
> 
> 1. kernel-source-2.6.7 should not be built as a Debian-native package,
>    mainly because this will generate a huge tarball for every Debian
>    revision.

Ok, i will handle this.

> 2. It would be nice if it was completely obvious how we got from
>    linux-2.6.7.tar.gz to kernel-source-2.6.7_2.6.7.orig.tar.gz.  A
>    patch is not an option since it includes the tainted sections, I'm
>    thinking of a prune script that removes or edits files.

A, by the way, do we already have an untainted kernel-source ? I would
agree with a tainted part removal script. Who did the purging of tainted
stuff ? Could you maybe create this script for us ? 

Friendly,

Sven Luther



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