On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 1:36 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > $ aptitude show linux-wlan-ng-firmware > This package doesn't contain the firmware files, but a script to download > the > upstream source tarball and build a deb that contains them. > > OK, but may I suggest that you mention where in a README file. > > One otherwise ends up poking around to see if installing also downloads > the files, like prism2-usb-firmware-installer does.
Would rephrasing it to "but a script that can be run by the user to..." make it more clear? > > For newer kernels (2.6.31+) which have the in-tree prism2_usb driver, you > can install > the prism2-usb-firmware-installer package instead. > > OK, then perhaps a Conflicts: or Replaces: should be added to the > package control stanza. I am not found of adding restrictions that are technically not necessary. Theoretically you could have prism2-usb-firmware-installer installed and still use linux-wlan-ng-* for some non-USB cards, or have two kernels installed, one old without kernel firmware loading support. I would prefer making the package description clear enough on this point. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
