[Pkg-fglrx-devel] r776 - fglrx-driver/trunk/debian

[Michael Gilbert]

Patrick Matthäi wrote:

> On 04.09.2011 19:28, Michael Gilbert wrote:
> > Andreas Beckmann wrote:
> > 
> >> Author: anbe-guest
> >> Date: 2011-09-04 16:41:18 +0000 (Sun, 04 Sep 2011)
> >> New Revision: 776
> >>
> >> Added:
> >>    fglrx-driver/trunk/debian/build-module-packages.sh
> >>    fglrx-driver/trunk/debian/fglrx-source.docs
> >>    fglrx-driver/trunk/debian/fglrx-source.install.in
> >>    fglrx-driver/trunk/debian/fglrx-source.lintian-overrides
> >>    fglrx-driver/trunk/debian/module/
> >> Modified:
> >>    fglrx-driver/trunk/debian/changelog
> >>    fglrx-driver/trunk/debian/control
> >>    fglrx-driver/trunk/debian/rules
> >> Log:
> >> merge the resurrect-fglrx-source branch into trunk
> > 
> > I think we only want to support dkms.  What does providing this gain us?
> > Is it needed for multiarch for some reason, and if so, why is dkms
> > insufficient?
> 
> I had nearly the same discussion with him and there are still many ppl
> who wants to use m-a and not dkms. It won't hurt us, since Andreas is
> now the "supporter" of it :p
> 
> PS: I give my ACK for this merge.

I just find dkms to be a much cleaner solution.  These m-a people
really should learn how to use dkms.  They may not know that it can also
be used to build .deb packages, which is what may be looking for.

So, I disagree with this change, but it's your call.

Mike