On Thu, Aug 03, 2006 at 01:18:19PM -0600, Kevin Fenzi wrote:
Questions:
- Should a kernel module where the upstream has no plans of merging
with the upstream kernel be allowed in extras? (This means it could
stay around in extras forever)
- If upstream says they are going to try and merge their module, but
never does (lack of time, technical issues, no real desire to, etc),
should the module be removed after some time?
- Should there be any other criteria? (renew approval every new
release, only allow modules for 1 year and remove, etc)
- Who fixes the inevitable bugs that get reported ?
I'll state this publically now: If I get Fedora kernel bugs filed,
and they have modules loaded that aren't shipped as part of the
kernel rpm, I am _completely_ uninterested in dealing with those bugs
unless they can be shown to be present without them loaded.
This is regardless of whether they're 100% opensource or not, it comes
down to time. I don't have time to deal with all the bugs we have
*today*, and I for sure don't have time to go running around grabbing
the sources for out of tree modules.
Dave
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