Re: getting kernel 2.2 into slink

[Brian White <bcwhite@pobox.com>]

> > > > 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).

Yup.  I don't have any worries about that.  My small concern is people
expecting it to be supported because it came with the distribution.  As
I've said, I don't have very strong convictions about a source package.

                                          Brian
                                  ( bcwhite@pobox.com )

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