From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 59D321381FA for ; Sat, 31 May 2014 21:43:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E7E63E0870; Sat, 31 May 2014 21:42:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wi0-f178.google.com (mail-wi0-f178.google.com [209.85.212.178]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DB5BDE0855 for ; Sat, 31 May 2014 21:42:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wi0-f178.google.com with SMTP id cc10so2771824wib.17 for ; Sat, 31 May 2014 14:42:57 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from :date:message-id:subject:to:content-type; bh=hnBZylapT1WyxAoKaUHoddQdv6mUEbAF5BxUi+kbQPM=; b=WazNK0J0rMIkKEUF1u0vF9U+FygOvQtw7mIz0A+CIUERE4WUGTRTO1HzvWGGOI3JAF u97pK5X3ZIZJNhl3Iv+aVDr1XldS+En3AdVxqW0ZHZQR1numgAa5L7uwKR+RTbQuDufQ FcdHw5oyXCYnXl33mVuBCeBxAtbAk9s0cdNLs5zKCa6J8m10TdX2fieXKbES84rXyCa3 4h9d16C4X/dQH8Ze8v+ToxXVNJqaJK/bDf2yQRZlbpkql34aZdRxY5D3cuh1oCpc5VN1 XsTjutSHa6TCWCAa69YQWQfW3TCGSEZu57lHFQHxcyTWADLBi10qqZa1tAPURpt3M4jM vcUw== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQm0elSbyb2+Ppr3wVi+mBBn8UbhgLZSTRIau7I9MyJUl8RJ+RrIQ3b7gr6cm7VR3opq2PW2 X-Received: by 10.194.2.75 with SMTP id 11mr6759126wjs.48.1401572577381; Sat, 31 May 2014 14:42:57 -0700 (PDT) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: lxnay@sabayonlinux.org Received: by 10.194.86.6 with HTTP; Sat, 31 May 2014 14:42:17 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <53889F70.1090404@gentoo.org> From: Fabio Erculiani Date: Sat, 31 May 2014 22:42:17 +0100 X-Google-Sender-Auth: eU0KmKPVHLVrPbik1jm5dJ8JxI8 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Anyone with access to genkernel repository? Or should genkernel be p.masked on amd64 profiles? To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Archives-Salt: 7d2c3537-bb02-491c-8ebe-d7633ebecef3 X-Archives-Hash: d0baf2f705120a9aabd4aab973bc215b On Sat, May 31, 2014 at 9:06 PM, Robin H. Johnson wrote: > No, I don't agree that kernel configs "belong" to kernel packages. In > general, barring the crazy option explosion, these are meant to be stock > working configs that should in combination with ANY kernel package, > produce a working kernel. > Then you are just moving the problem around. I believe that kernel configs should be provided by their own kernel packages (and there are some, not just gentoo-sources) because it is much easier to keep them in sync on every new release and deal with each version separately if/as needed (including testing!). How are you dealing with config var name changes between different kernel versions or just different pkgs then? You cannot possibly support all kernel versions for all kernel pkgs available in tree with just one single config file in a sane, clean and maintainable way, hoping that a change in this file will not affect previous or future kernel releases. How are you going to test your config changes against old kernel pkgs? Each test is quite expensive to run. Good luck with that :-) [...] > > -- > Robin Hugh Johnson > Gentoo Linux: Developer, Infrastructure Lead > E-Mail : robbat2@gentoo.org > GnuPG FP : 11ACBA4F 4778E3F6 E4EDF38E B27B944E 34884E85 > -- Fabio Erculiani