Karmic kernel common debian infrastructure acceptance request

[Tim Gardner]

On 07/08/2010 10:49 PM, Martin Pitt wrote:
> Tim Gardner [2010-07-08 21:05 -0600]:
>> If we can prove that the packages produced by the common debian
>> infrastructure are identical to the previous upload, then there can
>> be no regressions.
>
> Proving this is not that easy, though. Are all parts built with the
> same compiler/linker options as before? On all main and ports
> architectures? Any kind of include/macro/etc substitutions which cause
> subtle changes (of which the build system obviously does a lot)?
>

The way the kernel is built has not changed. In fact, the kernel build 
itself is quite well wrappered in its own makefile which comes from 
upstream. I'm not proposing that we change that at all.

This patchset isn't the wholesale carnage that it appears from the diff. 
The vast bulk of the changes are renamed files from debian.master/* to 
debian/* with some macro tweaks in key places. This is the same debian 
infrastructure that we're using for Lucid and Maverick.

Again, if we have shown there are no binary package differences, then 
there can be no regression. I'll have Stefan (or one of his minions) 
perform an exhaustive ARM and ports comparison as well.

rtg
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Tim Gardner tim.gardner at canonical.com