Re: [RFC] Removing sys-kernel/vanilla-kernel

Sam James <[email protected]> Tue, 02 Jun 2026 18:13:06 +0100

Newsgroups	gmane.linux.gentoo.devel
Organization	Gentoo
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Mike Pagano <[email protected]> writes:

> On 6/2/26 11:28 AM, Scott Ellis wrote:
>> Just a lowly user of Gentoo 
>
> You're exactly who I want to hear from.
>
> (for what feels like eons), but I only use
>> vanilla-sources, for the reason that immolo gave:
>>     I've noticed there is a user base around
>> sys-kernel/vanilla-sources.
>>     Their reasoning is they like pulling kernels directly from
>>     kernel.org <http://kernel.org>
>>     and this gives them a package manager solution for their needs.
>> For tidyness, I try and have my systems only use packages.  Sure, I
>> could just grab sources from kernel.org <http://kernel.org>, but
>> it's much nicer to have the ebuild take care of that for me, give me
>> an easy way to apply local patches, etc.
>>     ScottE
>
> Would gentoo-sources with USE=vanilla satisfy your needs?

I like this idea as it mirrors what we do with other packages and
presumably would reduce work a bit as well.

The only downside to it is that you get a rebuild/upgrade if genpatches
includes a patch unnecessarily with USE=vanilla then.

>
> Mike

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