Re: modules

[Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr>]

On Sat, Sep 03, 2005 at 07:57:15PM +0200, Bastian Blank wrote:
> Hi folks
> 
> We have a lot of modules packages in the archive. Some of them builds
> binary packages, many don't. But updates are always not coordinated with
> the kernel people.
> 
> I want to add a source package which builds binary package of a decent
> (often needed?) selection of this modules so that we can provide for
> example modules for ipw2200 which is a highly wireless chip.

Why not fix the module-package so they build those binary modules themselves ? 

I made a proposal (two times already even) in this direction previously, but
nobody really cared back then.

BTW, i am curious, how can a wireless chip be "highly" wireless :)

> It may also contain sources themself. (One example may the ibmvscsis,
> which is needed on several pSeries machines but never released and
> Ganneff may kill me if I want to add a package with 5 source files.)

I am not entirely sure i agree on this. 

Friendly,

Sven Luther