Re: Bug#534866: ITP: kernelcheck -- tool for an automated build of a kernel from the latest source
Hello Steven,
please keep the recipients list, replying in public so this discussion
can interest also other people.
On Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 02:24, Steven Pusser<steven.pusser2@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 3:55 PM, Sandro Tosi<morph@debian.org> wrote:
>> On Sat, Jun 27, 2009 at 19:57, Steven Pusser<steven.pusser2@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Package: wnpp
>>> Severity: wishlist
>>>
>>> KernelCheck is a Python-based GUI that checks kernel.org and the
>>> Master Kernel thread on the Ubuntu forums
>>> for the latest Linux kernel sources and patches, then installs the
>>
>> is this somehow related to Debian? Can be used on a debian system in a
>> productive way?
>
> Thank you for your reply.
>
> It's had quite a bit of testing on the Simply Mepis 8.0.6, which is
> essentially Lenny under the hood. It depends on Python >= 2.5.
> Unless the kernel building tools in Debian are renamed upstream, it
> should work on all versions except oldstable.
You didn't answer my question: can this package be useful to a Debian user?
> It's mainly a tool for anyone that wants to easily customize their own
> kernel; maybe optimize and strip out unwanted drivers. I realize
Not from how you introduced it: it takes information from an ubuntu
forum (that's not the most fortunate decision) so it doesn't seem so
general purpose as you're asserting right above.
> Debian maintains an experimental kernel build repository that may
> duplicate much of this package's results.
and so again: what's the point of this package in Debian? I don't care
if Mepis is interested in it, it *must* be useful for Debian in the
first place.
> Master Kernel didn't file an ITP, and I didn't until after I put it up
> in the mentors repository.
and that's wrong, and already axplained
> Should I pull the sources off there and
> upload them elsewhere? I realize I'm going about this backwards, but
> we worked on the packaging first to get it into his PPA and the Lenny
> compatible Mepislovers community repo. Later came the idea to see if
> it was worth trying to get it into Debian.
I think it's not that useful here, but I look forward for other comments.
Regards,
--
Sandro Tosi (aka morph, morpheus, matrixhasu)
My website: http://matrixhasu.altervista.org/
Me at Debian: http://wiki.debian.org/SandroTosi
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