Re: [PATCH] Documentation/Changes: phase out Changes file that hasn't changed

2013-07-24 Thread Randy Dunlap
On 07/23/13 17:32, Paul Gortmaker wrote: > On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 7:10 PM, Rob Landley wrote: >> On 07/23/2013 05:57:15 PM, Aaro Koskinen wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 01:12:55AM -0400, Paul Gortmaker wrote: Looking at the bigger picture, the need for this file has simpl

Re: [PATCH] Documentation/Changes: phase out Changes file that hasn't changed

2013-07-23 Thread Paul Gortmaker
On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 8:34 PM, Aaro Koskinen wrote: > Hi, > > On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 06:10:01PM -0500, Rob Landley wrote: >> On 07/23/2013 05:57:15 PM, Aaro Koskinen wrote: >> >Is there any file describing the needed tools (and minimum versions) to >> >_build_ the kernel? I agree that trying to

Re: [PATCH] Documentation/Changes: phase out Changes file that hasn't changed

2013-07-23 Thread Aaro Koskinen
Hi, On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 06:10:01PM -0500, Rob Landley wrote: > On 07/23/2013 05:57:15 PM, Aaro Koskinen wrote: > >Is there any file describing the needed tools (and minimum versions) to > >_build_ the kernel? I agree that trying to describe such for the run-time > >userspace does not belong to

Re: [PATCH] Documentation/Changes: phase out Changes file that hasn't changed

2013-07-23 Thread Paul Gortmaker
On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 7:10 PM, Rob Landley wrote: > On 07/23/2013 05:57:15 PM, Aaro Koskinen wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 01:12:55AM -0400, Paul Gortmaker wrote: >> > Looking at the bigger picture, the need for this file has simply >> > passed. It was trying to detail required

Re: [PATCH] Documentation/Changes: phase out Changes file that hasn't changed

2013-07-23 Thread Randy Dunlap
On 07/23/13 16:10, Rob Landley wrote: > On 07/23/2013 05:57:15 PM, Aaro Koskinen wrote: >> Hi, >> >> On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 01:12:55AM -0400, Paul Gortmaker wrote: >> > Looking at the bigger picture, the need for this file has simply >> > passed. It was trying to detail required versions of users

Re: [PATCH] Documentation/Changes: phase out Changes file that hasn't changed

2013-07-23 Thread Rob Landley
On 07/23/2013 05:57:15 PM, Aaro Koskinen wrote: Hi, On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 01:12:55AM -0400, Paul Gortmaker wrote: > Looking at the bigger picture, the need for this file has simply > passed. It was trying to detail required versions of userspace > packages, in order to cater to hand-crafted s

Re: [PATCH] Documentation/Changes: phase out Changes file that hasn't changed

2013-07-23 Thread Aaro Koskinen
Hi, On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 01:12:55AM -0400, Paul Gortmaker wrote: > Looking at the bigger picture, the need for this file has simply > passed. It was trying to detail required versions of userspace > packages, in order to cater to hand-crafted systems. But now the > majority of users get their

[PATCH] Documentation/Changes: phase out Changes file that hasn't changed

2013-07-20 Thread Paul Gortmaker
It has been over two years since this file has been touched, and even that prior change was just to delete some ancient text. Looking at the bigger picture, the need for this file has simply passed. It was trying to detail required versions of userspace packages, in order to cater to hand-crafted