Bug#948041: impossible to update libbpf without updating the kernel
Hi Sudip
On Sun, Jan 12, 2020 at 12:28:20AM +0000, Sudip Mukherjee wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 03, 2020 at 08:23:58PM +0000, Sudip Mukherjee wrote:
> > > What are the benefits of doing so?
> > The only benefit will be that we will be able to update the libraries
> > irrespective of kernel update. libbpf v0.0.6 has been released in
> > December but we will not be able to move to that version. The
> > userspace application using this library is deprived of the benefit of
> > the fixes that v0.0.6 brings.
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
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