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From: Krzysztof Halasa <khc@pm.waw.pl>
To: Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Why don't we separate menuconfig from the kernel?
Date: 19 Sep 2005 18:28:38 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m38xxt58eh.fsf@defiant.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20050919071521.GB14601@merlin.emma.line.org>

Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de> writes:

> One of Linux's main problems is that all daemons that drive kernel core
> functionality are cluttered over various separate projects. While this
> allows for independent development, it's annoying if you need to hunt
> down the various daemons (udev, autofs, hotplug, iproute, to name the
> first that come to mind) only to find out the new version doesn't suit
> your distro. I'd rather wish there was a standard kernel "daemons"
> package.

Who would select what is a standard kernel daemon and what is not?
Who would maintain the package?

> Why should other projects that recycle kernel code impact how the kernel
> itself is made.

It's NOT kernel code.
-- 
Krzysztof Halasa

  reply	other threads:[~2005-09-19 16:28 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-09-17 17:16 Why don't we separate menuconfig from the kernel? Krzysztof Halasa
2005-09-17 17:33 ` Michal Piotrowski
2005-09-17 19:18   ` Krzysztof Halasa
2005-09-18  0:46 ` Jesper Juhl
2005-09-18  0:56   ` Randy.Dunlap
2005-09-18  0:58     ` Jesper Juhl
2005-09-18  1:05   ` Krzysztof Halasa
2005-09-18  1:16     ` Jesper Juhl
2005-09-18 10:33       ` Krzysztof Halasa
2005-09-18 20:40       ` Daniel Barkalow
2005-09-19  7:15     ` Matthias Andree
2005-09-19 16:28       ` Krzysztof Halasa [this message]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2005-09-18  1:53 Martin Fouts
2005-09-18  7:30 ` Sam Ravnborg
2005-09-18 10:36 ` Krzysztof Halasa
2005-09-18 10:55   ` Ian Campbell
2005-09-18  7:50 Martin Fouts

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