[maemo-developers] Proper location of "Kernel" modules

[From: Martin Grimme]

Another benefit of one meta-package would be that testers will only
have to rate one package for you to promote the kernel modules to
extras/maemo.org.


Martin

2010/1/19, Martin Grimme <martin.grimme at gmail.com>:
> Hi,
>
> it sounds like that the NTFS and UTF-8 are optional dependencies for
> wizardmounter.
> I would put them into a non-user category and provide a meta-package
> depending on these visible in the user/* category. The meta-package
> could be named something like "NTFS support for Wizardmounter and
> TrueCrypt". IMHO there's no point in advising it as global NTFS
> support for the N900 as other applications cannot make use of it by
> default.
>
> Just my 2¢.
>
>
> Martin
>
> 2010/1/19, Nathan Anderson <nathan at andersonsplace.net>:
>>
>> 	Over the last week or so, I've uploaded three different Kernel
>> Modules; Cifs, NTFS, and NLS_UTF8.   I had stuck them in the proper
>> user/*
>> categories but was questioning if I should (Cifs, should be a prereq of
>> Wizard Mounter, so it won't have to be "found" by a end user to install
>> it).
>>
>>
>> 	But the other two are modules that are only rarely asked for (NTFS -
>> Ability to access Windows NT File Systems, and NLS_UTF8 is used by file
>> drivers for UTF8 support).
>>
>>      Should they be put in a real user/* category to be easily found and
>> installed or should they be basically hidden so only "experts" who run
>> apt-get can get it?   What do you all think?
>>
>> 	I also could put NLS_UTF8 as a pre-req of Cifs, but it is only
>> required if you want to use UTF8 volume mounting, otherwise it isn't
>> needed
>> or loaded.
>> 	I also could put NTFS as a pre-req of TrueCrypt, since off the top
>> of my head it is the only item currently that can need access to NTFS
>> volumes.
>>
>> Nathan
>>
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