Re: Heads up: new sysprof package without binary kernel module

[Gianluca Sforna]

On Dec 27, 2007 11:58 AM, Lubomir Kundrak <lkundrak(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote:
>  > 1. provide a subpackage with the kernel module sources
>  > 2. let this package obsolete kmod-sysprof
>  > 3. provide a build procedure for the kernel module
>  > 4. patch the main sysprof application to help the user understanding
>  > what is going on
>
>  Please don't do this. What would be an advantage of this approach
>  compared to shipping a binary module? The solution that seems most
>  logical for me is to remove the sysprof package from Fedora altogether,
>  and it will surely find some love in Livna and RPMFusion.
>  
The main advantage of this approach is actually that I can avoid
moving the package between repos...

I hope to get some more (different?) views on the topic

Thanks a lot

Gianluca