feat(gensplash): remove module

[LaszloGombos]

splashutils Gentoo package (a dependency for the gensplash dracut module)
is non existent in the official Gentoo repositories.

Checklist

• I have tested it locally
• I have reviewed and updated any documentation if relevant
• I am providing new code and test(s) for it

[johannbg]

So you want to remove a module just because the component for it does not exist in Gentoo? Have you checked if the module is not being used by other distro's or if upstream is inactive?

[johannbg]

Ok so I've looked into it and afaikt it looks like a dead project which no one else is using.
Let's allow this to bake here for a couple of days to see if anyone objects the modules removal.

[LaszloGombos]

Ok so I've looked into it and afaikt it looks like a dead project which no one else is using.

Thanks.

Let's allow this to bake here for a couple of days to see if anyone objects the modules removal.

Make sense.

For the benefit of other readers - https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Fbsplash

[johannbg]

Note that splash is still supported in gentoo's gen kernel gen_configkernel, gen_initramfs, gen_determineargs
which is a bit weird since it's been deprecated in gentoo and propably trigger some errors if SPLASH="no" is not set in genkernel.conf so for whatever reason gentoo did not remove the support for it in gen kernel when the component got removed from the distro.

[johannbg]

@floppym note we are about to drop this module not sure if it will affect gentoo since weirdly enough genkernel still seemingly supports splash.

[floppym]

I'll ask around and see if Gentoo is actually using this somehow. Thanks for the heads-up.

[johannbg]

A week has passed and no one screamed hence merging...