On Sun, Apr 22, 2001 at 10:23:04PM +1000, Herbert Xu wrote: > > in that case, a far better solution is a package containing a bunch > > of pre-generated kernel .config files, plus a menu script to copy > > [...] > > that would be one package, taking maybe a few hundred kilobytes total. > > call it kernel-helper and make it depend on kernel-package. > > But why not take this one step further, let's just distribute what's > in build-essential and let the users compile the rest. Let's > rewind the clock back to times when men were men, and they compiled > everything on their own box :)
how is that "taking it one step further"? what i suggested was providing tools and documentation to assist users in building their own custom kernels, rather than providing a bloated number of still-generic kernels. this actually *helps* new users. what you want to do doesn't help at all, in fact it causes harm. craig -- craig sanders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> GnuPG Key: 1024D/CD5626F0 Key fingerprint: 9674 7EE2 4AC6 F5EF 3C57 52C3 EC32 6810 CD56 26F0