On 2013-03-10 21:53, Filipus Klutiero wrote: > nvidia-detect is currently part on non-free, like the rest of > nvidia-graphics-drivers. nvidia-graphics-drivers in general is currently > non-free, but nvidia-detect in particular has no non-free content.
for building convenience, see below > The > script has no common license, but I'm offering my contribution under > anything wanted. Historically the packaging is under GPL2(+), although that may not be the optimal choice for a package in non-free, especially wrt. patches. Something like BSD/MIT/EXPAT... may be more appropriate. But for your script, anything will be fine. If you send me a Copyright/License header today, I can still include it for 304.84 which I'll try to get into wheezy. > nvidia-detect technically doesn't depend on anything non-free, however > it is clearly strongly associated with the non-free rest of > nvidia-graphics-drivers, therefore contrib would be a understandable > section. The main "data" files for nvidia-detect are the PCI ID lists (that are automatically generated from upstream's README), so to conveniently update nvidia-detect to the latest definitions, I added this package to be built from n-g-d. (The lists for the older drivers are copies in n-g-d, but they usually don't change frequently, so need no updates). I don't think the PCI ID lists would make the package non-free. Putting it into contrib would be fine, it just needs an extra sync step for every new upstream release I wanted to avoid. > I would argue main may be the best choice, given that the script could > evolve into something a bit greater than a versions advisor. It could > certainly recommend using nouveau to vesa users, for example. Someone needs to do this ... > By the way, I recommend to consider making nvidia-detect a source > package. This would ease updates after nvidia-graphics-drivers is > frozen. It would be best not to leave nvidia-detect untouched in stable > for the duration of a whole release cycle. Hmm, currently it outputs Uh oh. Your card is not supported by any driver version up to 304.64. A newer driver may add support for your card. for unsupported hardware, and that seems fine for a stable release. We will probably have a "more accurate" one in wheezy-backports. Anyway, patches welcome! Andreas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org