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> From: Chris Chiappa <griffon@snurgle.org>
> To: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu
> Subject: Re: Modularizing souce (was: Re: proper place to discuss kernel
'bloatedness'?)
> Date: Tuesday, February 02, 1999 11:21 AM
>
> On Tue, Feb 02, 1999 at 01:59:45PM +0100, Andreas Barth wrote:
> > > It may be worth while to consider modularizing the source bundles.
> > >Have a kernel "core" bundle, required for everything. Then have i386,
> > >from error recovery and conditional builds alone.
> > Nice Idea.
>
> > > The whiners probably won't like this either because it will be yet
> > >another inconvenience to them. "Gee look at the bloat. Now we have
to
> > >unpack three packages when we could do it with one tar command before.
What's
> > >wrong with all you people. Can't you keep it simple for us?"
> > Why don't do both, complete kernel source for those who want it
> > and modularized for others?
>
> Guys, this topic has been covered a dozen times before. It's in the FAQ.
If
> the original poster had bothered to read the FAQ, it wouldn't even have
come
> up again. Bottom line: Linus is *not* going to do this for you. If you
> implement it, he's not going to use it, so someone else is going to have
to
> maintain it, building off of his releases. If you want to do it yourself
as a
> service to others, excellent. Implement it, and let everyone know. But
> debating what "we" want to do is pointless because Linus himself isn't
going
> to go for it, so if you don't have any intention of actually going
through
> the motions yourself, this thread should die.
Besides, the kernel source Caldera OpenLinux is distributed with is packed
this way and patching it if you just installed the i386 (ARM, etc) source
part is a BITCH!
Just my $0.02 worth.
Matthew D. Pitts
mpitts@suite224.net
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