Re: naive but quite precise questions about the relation between "rumpkernel" and "netbsd"
- From: Antti Kantee <pooka@xxxxxx>
- To: rumpkernel-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2018 19:28:40 +0000
On 20/04/18 16:49, yarl-baudig@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:> I saw that you are the
only contributor on src-netbsd. I am not sure
about the complete process in "updating" src-netbsd even though it is
described in checkout.sh. I understand that the goal is to avoid local
patches but maybe it is not always possible. Right? I am not confident
enough with rumpkernel nor netbsd to try that right now. Maybe in the
future. I already looked (quickly) at the archive.
Local patches are always possible to avoid. Avoiding them serves two
purposes: 1) the patch author is not outsourcing the maintenance of
their laziness to someone else down the line 2) if you trust NetBSD, you
trust src-netbsd since you can get a binary result from a diff.
Sure, the rule isn't always convenient short-term, but everyone looking
for short-term convenience can do it on their own forks. Who knows,
maybe those forks will be popular, given the apparent appeal of doing
something in 10min and then spending 1min per week, as opposed to
spending 12min and then 1min per year.
Other related posts:
