Eric Sandeen schrieb:
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> Juha Saarinen wrote:
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> > I'm not sure about this... tracking "pukka" kernels for the CVS, and
> > patching RH's for the RPM version.
> >
> > Since Linux XFS is based on RH's distro, wouldn't it make more sense to
> > work with just RH's kernels? I guess it's possible to manually add the
> > RH patches though.
>
> Linux XFS is _not_ based on RH's distro, that's just one convenient way
> that we package it for the masses. :) XFS development has always been
> based on Linus' tree.
>
> Red Hat RPMs are just a "fun" (?!) side project for Linux XFS.
>
> -Eric
Anyway, RedHat RPM's are VERY important for the corporate world. I mean
there are places where you are not able to tell the managment why you
have to compile a custom kernel before you can install a new server.
Beside that RH kernel's have enhanced features (be it good or not) and
thus if you depend on some of them, it can be very difficult to modify
linus kernel by hand to achieve the same. It's good that XFS does not
depend on RedHat but on the other side it's very important to support
distros in a convenient way.
Simon
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