Bug#948041: impossible to update libbpf without updating the kernel
On Sun, 12 Jan 2020 09:51:55 +0100 Bastian Blank <waldi@debian.org> wrote:
> But updating independently does not provide any benefit. As the kernel
> repo is still upstream, all upstream chnages will flow into the Debian
> archive. An extra package will always lag behind, as changes needs to
> flow from kernel to external repo.
>
> > It might be better if we decide now what we want to do and tell them
> > accordingly.
>
> Why should we? If the upstream developers decide to maintain it
> independently, aka don't use the kernel repo as true source, or better,
> remove the source from it, then we have something to do.
>
> Bastian
Hi Bastian,
Why should we switch from kernel sources to GH is a frequently asked
question so the reason was explained in libbpf README [1].
There is another bug report on libbpf packaging filed earlier by me [2],
feel merge it with this one.
[1] https://github.com/libbpf/libbpf#distributions
[2] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=942903
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