Re: Download process for a "split kernel" (was: obsolete code must die)

From: Richard Gooch <rgooch@ras.ucalgary.ca>
To: Daniel Phillips <phillips@bonn-fries.net>
Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@math.psu.edu>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Download process for a "split kernel" (was: obsolete code must die)
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 11:21:37 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200106141721.f5EHLbJ30175@vindaloo.ras.ucalgary.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <01061418252007.00879@starship>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0106140432220.4122-100000@weyl.math.psu.edu> <01061418252007.00879@starship>

Daniel Phillips writes:
> On Thursday 14 June 2001 10:34, Alexander Viro wrote:
> > On Thu, 14 Jun 2001, Daniel Phillips wrote:
> > > This sounds a lot like apt-get, doesn't it?
> >
> > Folks, RTFFAQ, please. URL is attached to the end of each posting.
> 
> The FAQ blesses the idea of people setting up incremental download
> services, condems the idea of asking Linus to change his procedures
> to support this.

As it should.

> It has nothing to say about the idea of leveraging the cml2 code
> base to let apt-get configure and build kernels better, which was
> the point of my post.

That has been left as an excercise for the FAQ reader.

> Presumably you want this question added to the FAQ? ;-)

Going into this in detail is not the purpose of the FAQ, but a small,
concise patch will be looked upon favourably :-) A link to a more
detailed page would nicely supplement a small chunk of text.

				Regards,

					Richard....
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