Bug#485182: Please include the ip_set.ko module in the standard kernel

[Moritz Muehlenhoff <jmm@inutil.org>]

ressign 485182 wnpp
retitle 485182 RFP: ipset-modules - kernel module for ipset tool
thanks

On Sun, Jun 08, 2008 at 12:41:21PM -0400, Bradley Alexander wrote:
> Package: kernel
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> I maintain several VPN servers (running etch) which use ip sets to manage 
> the user groups. It would be quite convenient to have ip_set.ko included
> in the kernel, since at the current time, we have to recompile the
> kernel for each update. Across multiple servers, this is quite
> time-consuming. Please include this module in the stock kernel, if
> possible for the next Etch kernel as that is what our production servers
> are running.

[This request is about the kernel module from ipset.netfilter.org]

External modules are not integrated into the regular Debian kernel
package, see http://wiki.debian.org/DebianKernelPatchAcceptanceGuidelines 

For ipset, you should package the kernel-related part of ipset into
a ipset-modules package and integrate the build into
the linux-modules-extra-2.6 meta package, so that it is automatically
build for all archs, see
http://packages.qa.debian.org/l/linux-modules-extra-2.6.html

I'm retitling this to a packaging request on the wnpp meta package.

Cheers,
        Moritz