[Nix-dev] Re: [Nix-commits] SVN commit: nix - 19398 - raskin - nixpkgs/trunk/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel

[Michael Raskin]

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Eelco Dolstra wrote:
> Sharing the configuration between multiple kernel versions seems like a nice
> idea (I've thought about it), but I believe it will actually make it harder to
> maintain the kernel configs.  For instance, if Linux 2.6.34 comes along and you
> find you need to add an option to `generalOptions' or remove an option to
> `virtualisation', you have to consider the impact of that change on *all* other
> kernel versions.

Well, there are three usual cases:
1) Why didn't we have it in config? And now something else depends on it.
 -> add it and maybe check older versions using the some of the testing
frameworks that keep appearing.
2) Sometimes we need this option.
 -> add a separate group; maybe rename something and update other kernel
expressions.
3) There is a new option
 -> add it and no problems arises
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