Re: olpc components in x86/x86_64 repo
On 10/06/2009 05:35 PM, Jon Ciesla wrote: Additionally, having OLPC-specific RPMS in mainline Fedora helps with the end goal that is , as I understand it, to have OLPC's OS be essentially a Spin of stock Fedora. It also helps OLPC devs who don't necessarily have XOs. IIRC, they already are shipping stock Fedora in their latest builds except for the kernel. They are also responsible for the largest amount of Fedora deployments in the world. So it is all mutually beneficial. Rahul -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
Re: olpc components in x86/x86_64 repo
On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 8:12 AM, Rahul Sundaram sunda...@fedoraproject.org wrote: On 10/06/2009 05:35 PM, Jon Ciesla wrote: Additionally, having OLPC-specific RPMS in mainline Fedora helps with the end goal that is , as I understand it, to have OLPC's OS be essentially a Spin of stock Fedora. It also helps OLPC devs who don't necessarily have XOs. IIRC, they already are shipping stock Fedora in their latest builds except for the kernel. They are also responsible for the largest amount of Fedora deployments in the world. So it is all mutually beneficial. That is correct, we're all upstream now with no weird branches for core packages :-) Peter -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
Re: olpc components in x86/x86_64 repo
2009/10/7 Peter Robinson pbrobin...@gmail.com: On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 8:12 AM, Rahul Sundaram sunda...@fedoraproject.org wrote: On 10/06/2009 05:35 PM, Jon Ciesla wrote: Additionally, having OLPC-specific RPMS in mainline Fedora helps with the end goal that is , as I understand it, to have OLPC's OS be essentially a Spin of stock Fedora. It also helps OLPC devs who don't necessarily have XOs. IIRC, they already are shipping stock Fedora in their latest builds except for the kernel. They are also responsible for the largest amount of Fedora deployments in the world. So it is all mutually beneficial. That is correct, we're all upstream now with no weird branches for core packages :-) Thats great to hear and interesting information. In no way the question was meant as criticism. Basically i was just curious if the packages are hardware related to the olpc hw or generally useful. Thanks for your answer. Best wishes for the olpc/sugar developers. More knowledge and therefor power to the poor kids. kind regards, Rudolf Kastl Peter -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
Re: olpc components in x86/x86_64 repo
Rudolf Kastl wrote: 2009/10/7 Peter Robinson pbrobin...@gmail.com: On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 8:12 AM, Rahul Sundaram sunda...@fedoraproject.org wrote: On 10/06/2009 05:35 PM, Jon Ciesla wrote: Additionally, having OLPC-specific RPMS in mainline Fedora helps with the end goal that is , as I understand it, to have OLPC's OS be essentially a Spin of stock Fedora. It also helps OLPC devs who don't necessarily have XOs. IIRC, they already are shipping stock Fedora in their latest builds except for the kernel. They are also responsible for the largest amount of Fedora deployments in the world. So it is all mutually beneficial. That is correct, we're all upstream now with no weird branches for core packages :-) Thats great to hear and interesting information. In no way the question was meant as criticism. Basically i was just curious if the packages are hardware related to the olpc hw or generally useful. Thanks for your answer. Best wishes for the olpc/sugar developers. More knowledge and therefor power to the poor kids. raises beer stein My thanks to all concerned. kind regards, Rudolf Kastl Peter -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list -- in your fear, seek only peace in your fear, seek only love -d. bowie -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
olpc components in x86/x86_64 repo
yum list all |grep olpc dracut-modules-olpc.x86_64 0.2.1-2.fc12 rawhide olpc-contents.x86_642.6-2.fc12 rawhide olpc-library.noarch 2.0.2-2.fc12 rawhide olpc-netutils.noarch0.7-4.fc12 rawhide olpc-switch-desktop.noarch 0.6-2.fc12 rawhide olpc-update.noarch 2.20-1.fc12rawhide olpc-utils.x86_64 1.0.3-2.fc12 rawhide does it really make sense to have those modules available on x86/x86_64? (this is from rawhide) kind regards, Rudolf Kastl -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
Re: olpc components in x86/x86_64 repo
On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 10:59 AM, Rudolf Kastl che...@gmail.com wrote: yum list all |grep olpc dracut-modules-olpc.x86_64 0.2.1-2.fc12 rawhide olpc-contents.x86_64 2.6-2.fc12 rawhide olpc-library.noarch 2.0.2-2.fc12 rawhide olpc-netutils.noarch 0.7-4.fc12 rawhide olpc-switch-desktop.noarch 0.6-2.fc12 rawhide olpc-update.noarch 2.20-1.fc12 rawhide olpc-utils.x86_64 1.0.3-2.fc12 rawhide does it really make sense to have those modules available on x86/x86_64? (this is from rawhide) Yes, because they are used on both x86 and x86_64 platforms. What is the problem having them there? Peter -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
Re: olpc components in x86/x86_64 repo
2009/10/6 Peter Robinson pbrobin...@gmail.com: On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 10:59 AM, Rudolf Kastl che...@gmail.com wrote: yum list all |grep olpc dracut-modules-olpc.x86_64 0.2.1-2.fc12 rawhide olpc-contents.x86_64 2.6-2.fc12 rawhide olpc-library.noarch 2.0.2-2.fc12 rawhide olpc-netutils.noarch 0.7-4.fc12 rawhide olpc-switch-desktop.noarch 0.6-2.fc12 rawhide olpc-update.noarch 2.20-1.fc12 rawhide olpc-utils.x86_64 1.0.3-2.fc12 rawhide does it really make sense to have those modules available on x86/x86_64? (this is from rawhide) Yes, because they are used on both x86 and x86_64 platforms. What is the problem having them there? Peter somehow i had the impression they are atleast partially related to the olpc hardware. kind regards, Rudolf Kastl -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
Re: olpc components in x86/x86_64 repo
On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 12:58 PM, Rudolf Kastl che...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/10/6 Peter Robinson pbrobin...@gmail.com: On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 10:59 AM, Rudolf Kastl che...@gmail.com wrote: yum list all |grep olpc dracut-modules-olpc.x86_64 0.2.1-2.fc12 rawhide olpc-contents.x86_64 2.6-2.fc12 rawhide olpc-library.noarch 2.0.2-2.fc12 rawhide olpc-netutils.noarch 0.7-4.fc12 rawhide olpc-switch-desktop.noarch 0.6-2.fc12 rawhide olpc-update.noarch 2.20-1.fc12 rawhide olpc-utils.x86_64 1.0.3-2.fc12 rawhide does it really make sense to have those modules available on x86/x86_64? (this is from rawhide) Yes, because they are used on both x86 and x86_64 platforms. What is the problem having them there? Peter somehow i had the impression they are atleast partially related to the olpc hardware. Those ones aren't necessarily, and even then why does that stop them from being in rawhide. There's lots of packages for specific hardware in Fedora and these devices run Fedora. Peter -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
Re: olpc components in x86/x86_64 repo
Peter Robinson wrote: On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 12:58 PM, Rudolf Kastl che...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/10/6 Peter Robinson pbrobin...@gmail.com: On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 10:59 AM, Rudolf Kastl che...@gmail.com wrote: yum list all |grep olpc dracut-modules-olpc.x86_64 0.2.1-2.fc12 rawhide olpc-contents.x86_642.6-2.fc12 rawhide olpc-library.noarch 2.0.2-2.fc12 rawhide olpc-netutils.noarch0.7-4.fc12 rawhide olpc-switch-desktop.noarch 0.6-2.fc12 rawhide olpc-update.noarch 2.20-1.fc12rawhide olpc-utils.x86_64 1.0.3-2.fc12 rawhide does it really make sense to have those modules available on x86/x86_64? (this is from rawhide) Yes, because they are used on both x86 and x86_64 platforms. What is the problem having them there? Peter somehow i had the impression they are atleast partially related to the olpc hardware. Those ones aren't necessarily, and even then why does that stop them from being in rawhide. There's lots of packages for specific hardware in Fedora and these devices run Fedora. Peter Additionally, having OLPC-specific RPMS in mainline Fedora helps with the end goal that is , as I understand it, to have OLPC's OS be essentially a Spin of stock Fedora. It also helps OLPC devs who don't necessarily have XOs. -- in your fear, seek only peace in your fear, seek only love -d. bowie -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
