Re: olpc components in x86/x86_64 repo

[Jon Ciesla <limb jcomserv net>]

Peter Robinson wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 12:58 PM, Rudolf Kastl <che666 gmail com> wrote:
>   
> > 2009/10/6 Peter Robinson <pbrobinson gmail com>:
> >     
> > > On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 10:59 AM, Rudolf Kastl <che666 gmail com> wrote:
> > >       
> > > > yum list all |grep olpc
> > > > dracut-modules-olpc.x86_64              0.2.1-2.fc12                   rawhide
> > > > olpc-contents.x86_64                    2.6-2.fc12                     rawhide
> > > > olpc-library.noarch                     2.0.2-2.fc12                   rawhide
> > > > olpc-netutils.noarch                    0.7-4.fc12                     rawhide
> > > > olpc-switch-desktop.noarch              0.6-2.fc12                     rawhide
> > > > olpc-update.noarch                      2.20-1.fc12                    rawhide
> > > > olpc-utils.x86_64                       1.0.3-2.fc12                   rawhide
> > > >
> > > > does it really make sense to have those modules available on
> > > > x86/x86_64? (this is from rawhide)
> > > >         
> > > Yes, because they are used on both x86 and x86_64 platforms. What is
> > > the problem having them there?
> > >
> > > Peter
> > >       
> > somehow i had the impression they are atleast partially related to the
> > olpc hardware.
> >     
>
> Those ones aren't necessarily, and even then why does that stop them
> from being in rawhide. There's lots of packages for specific hardware
> in Fedora and these devices run Fedora.
>
> Peter
>
>   
Additionally, having OLPC-specific RPMS in mainline Fedora helps with 
the end goal that is , as I understand it, to have OLPC's OS be 
essentially a Spin of stock Fedora.  It also helps OLPC devs who don't 
necessarily have XOs.

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