Re: linux-libre updates, timeliness

2020-10-09 Thread Leo Famulari
On Wed, Oct 07, 2020 at 06:32:34AM +0900, Yasuaki Kudo wrote: > But I was intrigued, that it felt like a situation where a vegetarian would > order a pizza from a restaurant that doesn't offer a vegetarian option so he > has to painstakingly remove meat from it, while it would have been better if

Re: linux-libre updates, timeliness

2020-10-06 Thread Yasuaki Kudo
Sorry, I meant to ask really a simple question because I just wanted to understand LinuxLibre. 😄 There is an explanation here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux-libre But I was intrigued, that it felt like a situation where a vegetarian would order a pizza from a restaurant that doesn't

Re: linux-libre updates, timeliness

2020-10-06 Thread Leo Famulari
On Mon, Oct 05, 2020 at 03:53:05PM +0200, Ludovic Courtès wrote: > What update, build, and testing recipe would you recommend to someone > willing to help? I boot a `guix system vm` using the latest stable kernel, and also build the sources of the rest of the kernels. I also do the "basic" system

Re: linux-libre updates, timeliness

2020-10-06 Thread Leo Famulari
On Tue, Oct 06, 2020 at 06:12:15AM +0900, Yasuaki Kudo wrote: > 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?

Re: linux-libre updates, timeliness

2020-10-05 Thread Yasuaki Kudo
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

Re: linux-libre updates, timeliness

2020-10-05 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Hi Leo, Leo Famulari 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

linux-libre updates, timeliness

2020-09-30 Thread Leo Famulari
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. Personally, I am okay with the risks implied by this kind of time