Hi, Just out of curiosity, is it the case if only Linux Kernel team itself separated the controversial (with GNU folks, at least 😄) aspect of Linux as some build option, we don't have to maintain this "LinuxLibre" in the first place?
Cheers, Yasu > On Oct 5, 2020, at 22:53, Ludovic Courtès <l...@gnu.org> wrote: > > Hi Leo, > > Leo Famulari <l...@famulari.name> skribis: > >> I just pushed commit 51eb3e11 [0], bringing our linux-libre kernel >> packages up to date. >> >> It's September 30 here. The commit is dated September 28, because that's >> when I made it. These kernels were released upstream on September 26. > > Of course we can always do better, but I think 4 days is reasonable. > >> Personally, I am okay with the risks implied by this kind of timeframe, >> but as a distro we should try to do these updates more quickly. Ideally, >> they should be updated as soon as the sources are available and the >> packager has tested the changes. I am committed to helping maintain the >> linux-libre packages, but I won't always update our packages right away. >> >> Everyone can contribute here! Minor linux-libre kernel updates can be >> relied upon to work. They almost never cause blocking problems, based on >> the lack of bug reports about them. > > What update, build, and testing recipe would you recommend to someone > willing to help? > > Thanks for your work, much appreciated! > > Ludo’. >
