Hi, Quoting Ben Hutchings (2025-09-08 22:11:40) > On Sat, 2025-08-30 at 13:00 +0200, Bastian Blank wrote: > > [Cc apt maintainers, as this interacts with the versioned package > > support, reply-to kernel maintainers] > > > > Hi > > > > This is the plan to re-organize the Linux packages a bit, or maybe a > > lot. > > > > The goals are: > > - Move packaged files out of `/boot` > > - Replace extra cloud build with stripped down variant of the normal > > build > > - Prepare for pre-built initramfs and/or UKI > > - Remove hard dependency between headers and (bootable) image > > I generally agree with these goals, but I would like to see how this is > done. > > [...] > > ### Split modules out of `linux-image` package > > > > Like the other distributions we should move all the modules into it's own > > package, `linux-modules`. We can then split this new package further in a > > later change. > > Let's not go too far with this. Managing the current splitting of > modules into udebs already takes significant time (and seems to be > largely unnecessary).
a version with this split was uploaded to experimental 3 weeks ago and I just got around testing it. After having spent the day with fixing the software in and outside of Debian that I maintain which broke after the split of modules and dtbs into other packages I wonder: What is the motivation of the split other than "other distros do it"? The changelog only says "Split kernel modules into own package" but doesn't give a rationale. Is one written down somewhere? Thanks! cheers, josch
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