Installing a compiler by default

[Lee Revell]

On Tue, 2006-06-13 at 20:43 +0200, Jan Claeys wrote:
> Op di, 13-06-2006 te 11:26 -0700, schreef Matt Zimmerman:
> > On Fri, Jun 09, 2006 at 01:45:52PM +0200, Jan Claeys wrote:
> > > 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. 
> 
> I was thinking about doing that for "new" kernel modules, released after
> the distro itself to support more hardware (probably because it wasn't
> available before).  I think that wouldn't be possible with all sort of
> drivers, but people are already doing this through third-party repo's.

I realize it's no help for the users installing from CD, but will there
really be no driver/kernel updates to support new hardware in the main
repository?

Hardware changes VERY fast these days.

Lee