kernel-libre (hopefully 100% Free) for Fedora 8 and rawhide

[Christian Iseli]

On Sun, 30 Mar 2008 07:39:29 -0500, Josh Boyer wrote:
> > How bad would it Fedora take it if I were to go with this
> > kernel-libre project, the way it is now, through the Fedora package
> > submission process?  
> 
> Badly.  No alternative kernels.  If you can't do it in the kernel
> package that already exists, then you'll have to do it outside of
> Fedora.
> 
> > I'd very much like to be able to use Fedora CVS to maintain this
> > (although I do have permission from FSFLA to maintain it there
> > instead), and I'd very much like to use Fedora build machinery and
> > binary hosting, even if this kernel isn't actually included in
> > releases, even if it's excluded from rawhide.
> > 
> > Does this sound like something that would be outright rejected, to
> > the point that it doesn't make sense for me to even try?  
> 
> Yes.
> 
> > Or does it make sense to start the discussion in the context of an
> > official package submission?  
> 
> IMO, no.

What Josh said

					Christian