kernel headers by default revisit...

[Oliver Grawert]

hi,
Am Dienstag, den 17.07.2012, 22:28 +0800 schrieb Daniel J Blueman:
> IMHO, the installation and updating of linux-headers-generic and (eg)
> linux-headers-3.2.0-26, linux-headers-3.2.0-26-generic is unneeded for
> Ubuntu desktop users by large; I always remove these on
> non-development setups.
> 
> Provided the dependencies are correct, it'll be pulled in by eg dkms,
> libc-dev etc when expected.
> 
> So, what is the current justification for installing these packages per default?

special HW i.e. exotic unpacked network card drivers ... without the
minimal build env we ship you would be pretty screwed getting these to
build and without network installing the headers and friends is painful.

please lets keep it as is so people can still build third party drivers
from upstream sources and benefit from the flexibility of linux if
needed ...

ciao
	oli


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