autobuilding src:nvidia-* [non-free]

[Russ Allbery]

Andreas Beckmann <debian at abeckmann.de> writes:

> There are a few people that don't like the dkms way (to many
> dependencies: compiler, kernel headers; leaves cruft around (I tried to
> fix a bit of this in my dkms NMU); ) and prefer to take the
> responsibility to provide their own kernel module packages for local
> deployment. So with the current state a foo-dkms package is an
> alternative to foo-source, but not a replacement for it.

The other benefit for having the -source package is that it works somewhat
more smoothly with self-built kernels that don't use the Debian layout.
The last time I looked at this, the things that you have to do when you're
building your own Linux kernel to get the DKMS support to work are more
complex than what you have to do to get the module-assistant or
kernel-package stuff to work.

This is all fairly dated information, though; I stopped building my own
kernel a long time ago, so most of my understanding is hearsay.

I keep maintaining -source packages for other packages with kernel modules
mostly because I keep getting a small number of bug reports for them, so
people are clearly still using them.

-- 
Russ Allbery (rra at debian.org)               <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>