On 22/02/08 07:22, Emmet Hikory wrote: > From a maintenance perspective, it is significantly easier when > there is only one copy of any given source in the archive. While it > may be a little more complicated to download the source providing > linux-restricted-modules-`uname -r` to patch, a full solution needs to > either be integrated with this source, or a result of a breakdown of > this source, rather than the reintroduction of code duplication for > each set of modules, with the attendant support issues related to > which version of the module happens to be installed on a user system, > etc. > [..] > [..] More generally, module-assistant needs a cleanup after many of > the duplicated sources in individual -source packages were removed.
I completely understand that we don't want the same source in two places, but I would have thought that linux-restricted-modules depended on madwifi-source (and others), but that appears not to be the case. All I could see was a relationship with NVIDIA and AVM Fritz! hardware. Alternatively, can we kill two birds with one stone, that is, update module-assistant to download linux-restricted-modules-`uname -r `-source and compile the appropriate module(s) from that, or is that idea heading for a world of hurt? -- Onno Benschop Connected via Optus B3 at S31°54'06" - E115°50'39" (Yokine, WA) -- ()/)/)() ..ASCII for Onno.. |>>? ..EBCDIC for Onno.. --- -. -. --- ..Morse for Onno.. ITmaze - ABN: 56 178 057 063 - ph: 04 1219 8888 - [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
