Re: linux-libre updates, timeliness

[Yasuaki Kudo <yasu@yasuaki.com>]

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’.
>