Re: [rawhide social experiments] kernel-source(code) package removed once again ...

[Bob Arendt <rda rincon com>]

Enrico Scholz wrote:
> Bob Arendt writes: 
> > Now the kernel headers are included with each kernel install!  Fantastic!
>
>
> Fantastic?? That's a really bad idea and I do not see the sense behind
> this step. It is wasted space (30MB and 6500 inodes per kernel on the
> *root* partition) and it is impossible to prevent their installation. And,
> to build new kernel-modules for another kernel I would have to install the
> entire new kernel although headers would be enough.
>
> I would appreciate it when the headers would be in a separate rpm or at
> least, when they would be under /usr/src where I can do %_netsharedpath
> magic.

Good point.  On our servers we'd always build/install extra drivers - 30M of
accurate headers was certainly better than a semi-built full-source tree.
But if you don't need it, making it optional (like debuginfo packages)
seems a better way to serve everyone's needs.