On Sat, 2009-10-17 at 19:47 +0200, Patrick Matthäi wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Ben Hutchings schrieb: > >> Wasting time and bandwidth (fetching linux-headers etc)? Great... > > > > Building obscure modules for every kernel flavour on Debian's own > > auto-builders is also a waste, especially when just one broken module > > breaks the whole conglomeration package. > > It is a big difference if our auto-builders build them e.g. 12 times for > every architecture or if they have to be built on every end-consumer PC, > which are e.g. one million pcs. All those senseless lost of energy and > performance.. Please don't exaggerate. udd=> select sum(insts) from popcon where package like 'fglrx-modules-%'; sum ----- 892 > It is also not a good idea to switch to dkms, now where nothing is > decided or it may end like with ia32-apt-get with many wasted developer > ressources. What do you mean, 'nothing is decided'. The kernel team made a decision, after consultation with representatives of the FTP team and the release team. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings It is impossible to make anything foolproof because fools are so ingenious.
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