Re: XFS

On Mon, 25 Oct 2004, Pasi Pirhonen wrote:

> I a not trying to hide anything. It's just that David said that he
> weill collect 'one unified set of SRPMS of U3 arches' to same some
> space for mirrors. U3 is not released, so there is no SRPMS still.

OK, my point was about having a unique kernel package (be it for
x86_64 only if you decide so) that more people can use and therefore
increase trust in its functionality. I am able to rebuild packages
myself and I've done some kernel hacking in the past, so I can produce
such a kernel package. But from this to actually putting it on a
production machine is a long way, especially with such a complex
change as XFS. However, if several people use the exact same package
_and_ share their experience, one can be confident enough at some
point to put this package on a production machine.

> There are some more SRPMS which are unique for releases i am
> maintaining (depending what David will merge in for ia32) and all
> the SRPMS will be available when the actuall release is made.

Maybe my initial message was not clear on this point, so I'll try to
make it now: I'm not asking for [insert favourite kernel module] to be
present in the official Tao kernel. I'm only asking if your extra
kernel (that you said you already made for your own purposes) could be
made available.

And a question for David: could this list be used also for discussions 
about these "non-official" kernels (or maybe other packages) ?

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