On Wed, 2010-06-16 at 19:52 -0400, Marcel Rieux wrote: > > > On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 11:23 PM, Bruno Wolff III <bruno@xxxxxxxx> > wrote: > On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 19:03:41 -0400, > Marcel Rieux <m.z.rieux@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > How can rpmfusion provide the module for a kernel it's not > expecting because > > the one in testing -- posted yesterday!!!! -- is an earlier > kernel? This > > seems to me like an important post and everybody ignores it. > > > Accidentally pushing an earlier version of the kernel to > testing isn't > going to cause a problem for people using kmod's because it > won't be > installed as an update. Someone would have to manually install > that > specific version. > > Isn't RPMfusion preparing its upcoming module according to the kernel > version that is in Testing? I would think that RPMfusion has a nice > working module for kernel 2.6.32.10-92.fc12. Since Fedora decided > instead to update with 2.6.32.14-127.fc12 without a warning ,they > might decide to never provide the module for this kernel. > > But I not fully aware of the development process. Is there any way > RPMfusion could have known which kernel was to be released when it was > not the one in testing? > > If there was an official way RPMfusion could know the number of the > upcoming kernel, what is it? In this case, RPMfusion didn't do its job > properly. > > If there was no way, Fedora should provide excuses. Or, if Fedora > doesn't want to play the game with RPMfusion because NVIDIA drivers > are not open source, they should say so and everybody will move to > Nouveau. People using Fedora will know that NVIDIA drivers are not > available. > > What is unacceptable is the present situation, where you can't get a > shade of an explanation as to what happened. From a serious distro, > this is totally unacceptable. > > So, let me ask: why wasn't the kernel in testing released? If the one > that has finally been offered was deemed better, why wasn't it put in > testing before release? ---- testing is just testing - there's no certainty that anything in testing will ever get released. RPMFusion undoubtedly has a procedure for building packages that are wholly dependent upon kernel sources such as the topic in question (proprietary nVidia drivers) and it seems obvious that they don't bother building them until a new kernel is actually, officially released. People who want to use a system that is fully open source and Fedora responsible would certainly want to use nouveau and not the proprietary software. Craig -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
