[SM-Discuss] new linux spell

Wolfgang Scheicher worf at sbox.tu-graz.ac.at
Mon Dec 20 07:22:12 EST 2004


supplement:

At this point it's most important to find a design that:
*) Overcomes the limits and flaws of the old
*) Is clean and easy to maintain

Ideas and Wishes are welcome, especially if they require to be taken into 
account when doing the outline of what somewhen should become the best kernel 
build tool in the world :-)

To point out the limits and flaws of the old design of my now approx 2.5 year 
old spell:

*) the system to patch is a rather ugly hack. it's chaotic, difficult to 
maintain, difficult to use. it worked well for the 2-3 patches which had been 
there at the start, but now it's only a mess.

*) new features were added that could use some cleanup for consistency
   and cleaner source, etc...:
     gpg support
     reuse old source tree
     choice of different configure tools
     ...

*) sorcery itself has changed, and maybe the bahaviour of the linux spell
   is not adequate anymore. ( can we bring the menuconfig part to PREPARE? )

*) Since about 2.6.7 there seem to be no "stable" kernel releases anymore
   It's now up to the Distributor to stabilize and fix the kernel
   We'll propably need to offer patches for critical fixes, because vanilla
   kernels are not going to be what they used to be, and take this part
   more serious

*) ...

Worf



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