Proposal to add build of kernel-backports package to kernel.spec

[Thorsten Leemhuis]

Hi!

The discussion moved into a different direction, but nevertheless a few
quick comments:

On 06.10.2011 18:00, John W. Linville wrote:
> [...]
> Isn't this just a big kmod package?
> 
> No, or at least not exactly.  Existing kmod package standards require a
> separate kmod build for every kernel build. Most (or all?) of them
> require complex versioning to distinquish between versions of the kmod
> package and versions of the target kernel.  They are a nightmare to
> maintain. 

That's a bit misleading from my point of view, but whatever, likely not
worth arguing over the details.

> Worse, they require multiple kmod packages for multiple drivers,
> multiplying the maintenance burden.

See kmod-staging in RPM Fusion for an example of a kmod package (kmod2
to be precise) that contains contains multiple drivers.

> diff --git a/depmod-dist.conf b/depmod-dist.conf
> index 8513288..0585676 100644
> --- a/depmod-dist.conf
> +++ b/depmod-dist.conf
> @@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
>  #
>  
>  # override default search ordering for kmod packaging
> -search updates extra built-in weak-updates
> +search updates extra backports built-in weak-updates

And what exactly would be the difference between "updates" and
"backports"? Might be wise to at least mention it with a sentence or two
in the docs if there is actually one. Is there is: Is it relevant for
users or just creating confusion?

Cu
knurd