Anssi Hannula <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > - The 3rdparty dkms drivers would be likely to fall back and be > imcompatible with the latest kernel. This would only affect cooker of > course, so it may not be so important.
That's not a problem, the thirdparty code anyway has to be fixed if it doesn't build. Being in the main kernel or in a thirdparty package only shifts the problem, and allow contributors to help. > - Users need to have kernel-source and gcc installed No, we already have a bot that builds binary dkms packages when a new dkms package or kernel package is uploaded. > Alternatively, if > binary dkms packages are used, updates would be a problem: If the user > updates the kernel (which has still to be done manually!), they need to > install updated dkms binary packages manually (which are not even > available :/ ) We can provide "rt61-<kernel flavour>-latest" meta-packages that require the latest release of the binary dkms package for the matching kernel flavour. That would allow auto-upgrade of binary packages. -- Olivier Blin - Mandriva
