[Yum-devel] kernel module plugins

[Troy Dawson]

Panu Matilainen wrote:
> On Thu, 29 Jan 2009, Tim Lauridsen wrote:
> 
>> There is a couple of plugins for handling kernel modules in yum-utils
>> Based on the discussion in
>>
>> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=482893
>>
>> and others
>> there there some problem with the plugins and the 3 part repos
>> containing kernel module packages.
>>
>> So the big question is do we keep these plugins in yum utils or do we
>> rip them out and let the repos
>> containing kernel modules make there own plugins if they need one.
>>
>> Let me know what you think.
> 
> I think at least the old "kernel-module" plugin can just die. It's a 
> leftover from fedora.us days and hasn't been used by anybody in a long 
> time AFAIK.
> 
> Just drop them from the package and see how many people scream. If you 
> don't go deaf from the noise, rip them from git too? :)
> 
>  	- Panu -

Hi,
Although Scientific Linux users a plugin called 'kernel-module', it is 
not the one found in yum-utils.  It originally was, but we ended up 
witting our own.  So ... I'm not going to scream.
Troy
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