On Sat, Nov 08, 2003 at 06:51:50PM +0300, Nikita V. Youshchenko wrote: > > > They won't. Just like Glibc maintainers don't provide optimised > > packages I don't see why should I provide them. > > Note that it is no longer true for current sid packages. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> apt-cache search libc6-i686 > libc6-i686 - GNU C Library: Shared libraries [i686 optimized] > > AFAIK, Debian policy on optimized building is "do it for packages that > really gain from it". E.g. libssl, libc6, (of course) kernel.
Oh, I see. Then it might be worth providing "linux-i686" in the same way Glibc provides "libc6-i686". I'm open for discussion. > > The same way users get customized packages of anything else in Debian: > > get the source, add/remove patches, build it. > > The difference is that in most cases there is little reason to rebuild > package instead of just using debian-provided binaries. > However, unlike other packages, kernel often really needs local > customization. That's why make-kpkg exists, I believe. That's right. But I'm not replacing make-kpkg. -- Robert Millan "[..] but the delight and pride of Aule is in the deed of making, and in the thing made, and neither in possession nor in his own mastery; wherefore he gives and hoards not, and is free from care, passing ever on to some new work." -- J.R.R.T, Ainulindale (Silmarillion)
