[arch-general] Kernel Module Package Guidelines

[Michael Towers]

Aaron Griffin wrote:
> On Dec 3, 2007 12:09 AM, Michael Towers <gradgrind at online.de> wrote:
>   
>> I can live with the situation as it is, I actually only wanted to point
>> out a possible inconsistency and an easy and painless way to remove it.
>>     
>
> Well, actually - and here's the reason I'm being defensive here. You
> pointed out the inconsistency on the bug tracker, and the package
> maintainer said "no", so you escalated the issue to the community at
> large. It's that escalation that is tiresome to me.
>   

Sorry (really!) to be pedantic, but it was two separate issues. Firstly, 
not knowing of the guideline requiring module utils to be a module 
dependency I requested the removal of the dependency I requested the 
removal of the dependency. Then, learning of the guideline I asked on 
this list for opinions as to whether that could be changed slightly to 
be (IMHO) more in line with general Arch policy.


> Now, excepting all that, in a way, I agree with you to a small extent.
> If the author specifically lists the utils as optional, then they're
> optional. Request a reopening of the bug report linking to that
> documentation.
>
>
>   


How should one request that a bug be reopened?

But suppose the dependency in aufs was removed. Then it would be in 
conflict with the module packaging guideline, as it stands. Normally in 
such a situation I would open a feature request to change that line in 
the guideline, but your responses here suggest that there wouldn't be 
much point ...

(And where would the correct place for that be anyway? It's not a 
package, so maybe not Flyspray? The discussion page? Does anyone read 
that? ...)