Re: http://debian.linuxwiki.de/DebianKernel_2fPlan

2004-06-05 Thread dann frazier
On Thu, Jun 03, 2004 at 12:26:52PM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote: a) less maintaince overhead for the security team I don't think this is the case; but like you said, lets hear from them before making this conclusion. b) kernel-patch packages always work cross-plattform define work :) By

Re: http://debian.linuxwiki.de/DebianKernel_2fPlan

2004-06-03 Thread dann frazier
On Wed, Jun 02, 2004 at 04:41:20PM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote: On Wed, Jun 02, 2004 at 07:52:15AM -0600, dann frazier wrote: I believe its a greater maintenance mess to attempt to keep them united. I can be more confident that upstream's ia64 arch patch will apply reasonably well to

Re: http://debian.linuxwiki.de/DebianKernel_2fPlan

2004-06-03 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Christoph Hellwig [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: First time I see this wiki page. Comments: new naming scheme getting rid of image as part or package names (only for Provides: - compatibility issues), instead, distinguishing between linux and hurd. First idea: linux-kernel-source-KVERS

Re: http://debian.linuxwiki.de/DebianKernel_2fPlan

2004-06-03 Thread Thiemo Seufer
Goswin von Brederlow wrote: [snip] linux-kernel-KVERS-ARCH(-SUBVERS) (plus extras, see below) remov the -kernel, linux is the kernel, and upstream tarballs are linux-$version, too. remove the -arch, it'll be .$arch.deb anyway, rather add a -flavour. What do you name

http://debian.linuxwiki.de/DebianKernel_2fPlan

2004-06-02 Thread Christoph Hellwig
First time I see this wiki page. Comments: new naming scheme getting rid of image as part or package names (only for Provides: - compatibility issues), instead, distinguishing between linux and hurd. First idea: linux-kernel-source-KVERS linux-kernel-KVERS-ARCH(-SUBVERS) (plus

Re: http://debian.linuxwiki.de/DebianKernel_2fPlan

2004-06-02 Thread Christoph Hellwig
On Wed, Jun 02, 2004 at 07:52:15AM -0600, dann frazier wrote: * architecture support patches hard to apply unless the main kernel-source package is pristine as mentioned a few times architecture packages should be part of the main kernel-source to avoid a big maintaince mess

Re: http://debian.linuxwiki.de/DebianKernel_2fPlan

2004-06-02 Thread dann frazier
On Wed, Jun 02, 2004 at 12:14:58PM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote: linux-kernel-KVERS-ARCH(-SUBVERS) (plus extras, see below) remov the -kernel, linux is the kernel, and upstream tarballs are linux-$version, too. remove the -arch, it'll be .$arch.deb anyway, rather add a -flavour. This

Re: http://debian.linuxwiki.de/DebianKernel_2fPlan

2004-06-02 Thread Andreas Barth
* dann frazier ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [040602 17:55]: From my conversations with Joey, the problem with today's scheme is that they can't just patch one source tree do rebuilds, since everyone is on different kernel revisions and some (ia64 in woody, for example), don't even use a

Re: http://debian.linuxwiki.de/DebianKernel_2fPlan

2004-06-02 Thread Christoph Hellwig
On Wed, Jun 02, 2004 at 06:45:27PM +0200, Bastian Blank wrote: On Wed, Jun 02, 2004 at 04:41:20PM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote: So when was the last s390-specific exploit you heard of? Or any architecture-specific exploit? Hmm, the ptrace exploit was only applicable on archs which uses