Re: [PATCH 0/3] linux-custom: add linux-tools package and perf

["'Florian Bezdeka' via isar-users" <isar-users@googlegroups.com>]

On Wed, 2025-11-26 at 10:59 +0100, Isaac True wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>  > Patch ordering:
>  > Patch 1 already adds the new package to PROVIDES while building the
>  > package comes later with patch 2. That looks inconsistent.
>  >
>  > I would vote for merging patch 1 and 2.
> 
> Sure, that makes sense. I can do that.
> 
> > How long does it take to build that additional package? That additional
> > (and maybe unneeded) packet is being build unconditionally, right? As
> > kernel builds are normally compute intense that might matter for some
> > users.
> > 
> > Should we better hide that new "feature" / packet behind a feature flag
> > / recipe variable?
> 
> On my relatively slow laptop it adds about 30s of build time. Relatively 
> minor in the context of a kernel build, but could still be worth hiding 
> it behind a feature flag for people that don't want it.

The way to model that would be a build profile (DEB_BUILD_PROFILES) as
it seems. I'm still not sure if that is really necessary. As that could
be done quite easily (as it seems) we can also postpone that and wait if
it becomes necessary.

> 
> Thanks for the feedback, I'll work on a v2.
> 
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