Re: [arch-general] Kernel source URL change

2018-08-08 Thread Eli Schwartz via arch-general
On 8/8/18 4:11 PM, Tharre via arch-general wrote: > On 08/08, Geo Kozey via arch-general wrote: >> There is no tradition in Arch to self-host package sources as Debian does >> unless upstream has >> completely broken release process. This can impose security risks on Arch as >> we now have to >>

Re: [arch-general] Kernel source URL change

2018-08-08 Thread Tharre via arch-general
On 08/08, Geo Kozey via arch-general wrote: > There is no tradition in Arch to self-host package sources as Debian does > unless upstream has > completely broken release process. This can impose security risks on Arch as > we now have to > trust their github infra rather than kernel.org (we all k

Re: [arch-general] Kernel source URL change

2018-08-08 Thread Geo Kozey via arch-general
> From: Jonathon Fernyhough > Sent: Wed Aug 08 18:09:30 CEST 2018 > To: > Subject: Re: [arch-general] Kernel source URL change > > > On 08/08/18 12:43, Geo Kozey via arch-general wrote: > > This can impose security risks on Arch as we now have to > > trust their github infra rather than kernel.

Re: [arch-general] Kernel source URL change

2018-08-08 Thread Jonathon Fernyhough
On 08/08/18 12:43, Geo Kozey via arch-general wrote: > This can impose security risks on Arch as we now have to > trust their github infra rather than kernel.org (we all know what happened to > gentoo recently) Just to provide some perspective, kernel.org itself had a major issue a few years back

Re: [arch-general] Kernel source URL change

2018-08-08 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Wed, 8 Aug 2018 13:43:08 +0200 (CEST), Geo Kozey wrote: >The author of original post [snip] asked few questions which weren't >answered. Hi, the OP did ask how to build a custom kernel based on the official linux package [1]. Perhaps somebody with unobjectionable knowledge could correct relate

Re: [arch-general] Kernel source URL change

2018-08-08 Thread Geo Kozey via arch-general
On August 8, 2018 4:54 AM, Giancarlo Razzolini via arch-general wrote: > Em agosto 7, 2018 23:31 W B via arch-general escreveu: > > > It isn't an order. > > > > > Can you tell us why this change was required, please? > > Have you read the original post to the list? Specially this [0]? > The

Re: [arch-general] Kernel source URL change

2018-08-08 Thread Joakim Hernberg
On Tue, 7 Aug 2018 22:55:55 -0400 Eli Schwartz via arch-general wrote: > Because heftig decided it was easier *for him* to do it this way. > > Because downloading 100 MB for every single patchlevel release quickly > builds up to just as much as a full git clone. > > Can you tell us why you beli