Raul Miller writes ("Bug#353277: ndiswrapper in main"): > On 2/21/06, Ian Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Was the open source windows driver ever available as a Debian > > package ? It seems clear to me that anything which requires you to > > install non-Debian stuff on your machine belongs in contrib, even if > > the reason for the dependency being non-Debian is not non-freeness. > > I don't believe it was ever available as a Debian package. > > I'll also note that the "require" concept here gets interesting, > in this context, as it's different from the concepts expressed in > our packaging system.
Indeed. But, an unsatisfiable `Depends' is worse than an undocumented dependency on a non-Debian package, but only because it's more annoying during your system management. Ian. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]