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Re: linux-libre updates, timeliness
From: |
Yasuaki Kudo |
Subject: |
Re: linux-libre updates, timeliness |
Date: |
Tue, 6 Oct 2020 06:12:15 +0900 |
Hi,
Just out of curiosity, is it the case if only Linux Kernel team itself
separated the controversial (with GNU folks, at least 😄) aspect of Linux as
some build option, we don't have to maintain this "LinuxLibre" in the first
place?
Cheers,
Yasu
> On Oct 5, 2020, at 22:53, Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> wrote:
>
> Hi Leo,
>
> Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name> skribis:
>
>> I just pushed commit 51eb3e11 [0], bringing our linux-libre kernel
>> packages up to date.
>>
>> It's September 30 here. The commit is dated September 28, because that's
>> when I made it. These kernels were released upstream on September 26.
>
> Of course we can always do better, but I think 4 days is reasonable.
>
>> Personally, I am okay with the risks implied by this kind of timeframe,
>> but as a distro we should try to do these updates more quickly. Ideally,
>> they should be updated as soon as the sources are available and the
>> packager has tested the changes. I am committed to helping maintain the
>> linux-libre packages, but I won't always update our packages right away.
>>
>> Everyone can contribute here! Minor linux-libre kernel updates can be
>> relied upon to work. They almost never cause blocking problems, based on
>> the lack of bug reports about them.
>
> What update, build, and testing recipe would you recommend to someone
> willing to help?
>
> Thanks for your work, much appreciated!
>
> Ludo’.
>