Re: getting kernel 2.2 into slink

[Santiago Vila <sanvila@unex.es>]

On Fri, 22 Jan 1999, Brian White wrote:

> > > Including the source package I could be convinced of.  At least then
> > > people have to think about what they're doing before causing potential
> > > problems.
> > 
> > This "think about what they are doing" thing is precisely one of the
> > reasons the "extra" priority does exist.
> > 
> > According to this it should be fine to include it as an "extra" package.
> 
> Perhaps that is a reason for "extra", but it's really pointless.  If it
> can be installed, people will install it regardless of its priority.  I'd
> bet most people don't even think about a package's priority, largely
> because many don't know what the priorities mean.

In such case (even if the user install everything, including extra
packages) I think there should be no problem if the package is a
package containing just the kernel source (because source code, as such,
is always harmless).

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