From: josch@debian.org   
      
   Hi,   
      
   Quoting Ben Hutchings (2025-09-08 22:11:40)   
   > On Sat, 2025-08-30 at 13:00 +0200, Bastian Blank wrote:   
   > > [Cc apt maintainers, as this interacts with the versioned package   
   > > support, reply-to kernel maintainers]   
   > >    
   > > Hi   
   > >    
   > > This is the plan to re-organize the Linux packages a bit, or maybe a   
   > > lot.   
   > >    
   > > The goals are:   
   > > - Move packaged files out of `/boot`   
   > > - Replace extra cloud build with stripped down variant of the normal   
   > >   build   
   > > - Prepare for pre-built initramfs and/or UKI   
   > > - Remove hard dependency between headers and (bootable) image   
   >    
   > I generally agree with these goals, but I would like to see how this is   
   > done.   
   >    
   > [...]   
   > > ### Split modules out of `linux-image` package   
   > >    
   > > Like the other distributions we should move all the modules into it's own   
   > > package, `linux-modules`.  We can then split this new package further in a   
   > > later change.   
   >    
   > Let's not go too far with this.  Managing the current splitting of   
   > modules into udebs already takes significant time (and seems to be   
   > largely unnecessary).   
      
   a version with this split was uploaded to experimental 3 weeks ago and I just   
   got around testing it. After having spent the day with fixing the software in   
   and outside of Debian that I maintain which broke after the split of modules   
   and dtbs into other packages I wonder:   
      
   What is the motivation of the split other than "other distros do it"? The   
   changelog only says "Split kernel modules into own package" but doesn't give a   
   rationale. Is one written down somewhere?   
      
   Thanks!   
      
   cheers, josch   
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