[Pkg-virtualbox-devel] [Pkg-fglrx-devel] Auto-building out-of-tree kernel modules

[Patrick Matthäi]

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Ben Hutchings schrieb:
> On Sat, 2009-10-17 at 19:47 +0200, Patrick Matthäi wrote:
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>> Ben Hutchings schrieb:
>>>> Wasting time and bandwidth (fetching linux-headers etc)? Great...
>>> Building obscure modules for every kernel flavour on Debian's own
>>> auto-builders is also a waste, especially when just one broken module
>>> breaks the whole conglomeration package.
>> It is a big difference if our auto-builders build them e.g. 12 times for
>> every architecture or if they have to be built on every end-consumer PC,
>> which are e.g. one million pcs. All those senseless lost of energy and
>> performance..
> 
> Please don't exaggerate.
> 
> udd=> select sum(insts) from popcon where package like 'fglrx-modules-%';
>  sum 
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>  892

I do not speak only for fglrx, also one million was choosen by the fair
random number generator.

> 
>> It is also not a good idea to switch to dkms, now where nothing is
>> decided or it may end like with ia32-apt-get with many wasted developer
>> ressources.
> 
> What do you mean, 'nothing is decided'.  The kernel team made a
> decision, after consultation with representatives of the FTP team and
> the release team.

Where is the reference? This is not included in the bugreport.

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