On 10/04/16 04:08, Rich Freeman wrote: > I think the bigger issue with the kernel is the huge configuration > space it has. Chromium may have a ton of USE flags compared to most > packages, but those pale in comparison to the kernel. Obviously it > would not make sense to try to create a USE flag for every > configuration option. Now, a package that built and installed a > kernel might have a few USE flags. For example, it might have flags > equivalent to the gentoo config add-ons (for openrc/systemd, and so > on). It might also have flags that give it some default > configuration, or an all-modules configuration, or an all-builtin > configuration. I imagine that most distros ship something close to an > all-modules config. > > In any case, that isn't really any kind of policy issue. For whatever > reason nobody has bothered to create a package. Certainly nobody > would object to somebody adding a new kernel package that builds and > installs a fully configured kernel. It might even become the > recommended default in the kernel (without getting rid of the other > options). > Ok I'm gonna push the Big Red Button here, and assume you may not have met 'genkernel' .. ok its not a package, but its the nearest thing to Gentoo's solution to what you're suggesting ... And it's in the Handbook .. so, where's the issue, again?!
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