kernel-libre (hopefully 100% Free) for Fedora 8 and rawhide

[Josh Boyer]

On Sun, 2008-03-30 at 03:51 -0300, Alexandre Oliva wrote:
> On Mar 25, 2008, Bill Nottingham <notting at redhat.com> wrote:
> 
> > (Note that Fedora 9 is already past feature freeze any way...)
> 
> That means not adding new features.  How about removing?
> 
> 
> Now, seriously...
> 
> How bad would it Fedora take it if I were to go with this kernel-libre
> project, the way it is now, through the Fedora package submission
> process?

Badly.  No alternative kernels.  If you can't do it in the kernel
package that already exists, then you'll have to do it outside of
Fedora.

> I'd very much like to be able to use Fedora CVS to maintain this
> (although I do have permission from FSFLA to maintain it there
> instead), and I'd very much like to use Fedora build machinery and
> binary hosting, even if this kernel isn't actually included in
> releases, even if it's excluded from rawhide.
> 
> Does this sound like something that would be outright rejected, to the
> point that it doesn't make sense for me to even try?

Yes.

> Or does it make sense to start the discussion in the context of an
> official package submission?

IMO, no.

josh