Re: Consider releasing separate tarballs for userspace and kernel components

Am 06.08.25 um 01:09 schrieb Michael K:
> Hi Matthias,
>    I package up the Fedora RPMs from a zip of the git repo. 
> (https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/vk2bea/GPIB/)
>
> The RPM spec defines what and how the packages built from the source. 
> The kernel module is built as a dkms module (so it recompiles when a 
> new kernel is installed).
> From the SRPM the binary packages are created for installation ....
>
> dkms-linux-gpib-4.3.7-30.20250805git0fc6e300.fc42.noarch.rpm
> guile18-linux-gpib-4.3.7-30.20250805git0fc6e300.fc42.x86_64.rpm
> linux-gpib-4.3.7-30.20250805git0fc6e300.fc42.x86_64.rpm
> linux-gpib-devel-4.3.7-30.20250805git0fc6e300.fc42.x86_64.rpm
> linux-gpib-doc-4.3.7-30.20250805git0fc6e300.fc42.noarch.rpm
> perl-LinuxGpib-4.3.7-30.20250805git0fc6e300.fc42.x86_64.rpm
> php-linux-gpib-4.3.7-30.20250805git0fc6e300.fc42.x86_64.rpm
> python3-linux-gpib-4.3.7-30.20250805git0fc6e300.fc42.x86_64.rpm
> tcl-linux-gpib-4.3.7-30.20250805git0fc6e300.fc42.x86_64.rpm
>
> If the user doesn't want to install the kernel module, they don't 
> install the dkms-linix-gpib package.
> I presume the same could be done with the debian (apt) build system.
>
> Michael
>
Hi Micheal,

yeah, I see the point of shipping the dkms package. However, with the 
driver being in mainline soon, I don't see the point of still providing 
it in Debian, because it will be enabled anyway in the kernel.

As all new packages land in unstable first anyway, I think there is 
little benefit for me to enable then in Debian then.

For me this is mostly a tooling problem though, because if I only want 
to provide the userspace tools then I need to jump through some hoops to 
get a tarball only containing those.

Not really a big issue for me; however, I think it's sensible to have 
two separate tarballs given that it will be mainline soon.

-- 
Freundliche Grüsse / Best regards

Matthias Geiger
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