Installing a compiler by default

[Matt Zimmerman]

On Fri, Jun 09, 2006 at 01:45:52PM +0200, Jan Claeys wrote:
> Op do, 08-06-2006 te 12:55 -0700, schreef Matt Zimmerman:
> > On Thu, Jun 08, 2006 at 02:46:12PM -0400, Lee Revell wrote:
> > > I guess it's not feasible for Ubuntu to add new drivers to the kernel
> > > package after the release?
> > 
> > It's sometimes feasible, and sometimes not.  Even when it is, it isn't a
> > complete solution, because the user needs to get up and running with the
> > kernel they receive on the CD.
> > 
> > Most add-on driver modules will fit on a floppy in a pinch, but kernels
> > won't. 
> 
> So, new binary kernel modules can be packaged separately, and added to
> the repositories...

You're proposing a retroactive solution to the problem, and unfortunately my
time travel machine is only an amusing metaphor.

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 - mdz