Re: 2.6.12 upload

[Horms <horms@debian.org>]

On Tue, Jul 26, 2005 at 03:26:04PM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
> Horms <horms@debian.org> writes:
> 
> > On Thu, Jul 21, 2005 at 11:04:07AM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
> >> The DI kernel udebs (linux-kernel-di-<arch> source) takes the
> >> kernel-image deb, splits it up into kernel and several groups of
> >> modules and builds udebs. There is no Depends there and can't be to
> >> keep the kernel-image debs available.
> >> 
> >> 
> >> kernel-image-di-arch ---source---> linux-kernel-di
> >>                                           |
> >>                                         magic
> >>                                           |
> >>                                           \/
> >> kernel-tree-X.Y.Z-N <---depends--- kernel-image
> >>           |
> >>           \/
> >>    kernel sources
> >> 
> >> 
> >> The 'magic' part is the problem.
> >
> > I don't follow why there is a problem with linux-kernel-di 
> > depending on kernel-tree-X.Y.Z-N.
> >
> > -- 
> > Horms
> 
> The problem is that the DAK will update linux-2.6, kernel-tree-x.y.z-n
> and kernel-image packages without any regards to linux-kernel-di. They
> will become out of sync and end up without source -> GPL violation.
> 
> In the old setup kernel-source-2.6.8 will remain until removed manualy
> and linux-kernel-di has that as source.

But kernel-source-x.y.z.N provides kernel-tree-x.y.z-n for 1 <= n <= N
Surely this resolves the problem some people percieve with regards
to the GPL.

-- 
Horms