Bas Wijnen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, May 30, 2006 at 03:26:56PM +0200, Frank K?ster wrote: >> No, it wasn't. As long as I can remember, packages which contained a >> small part of contrib material, which was not crucial for the function >> of the package as a whole, can go to main. Look at the policy: >> >> ,---- 2.2.1 The main category >> | Every package in main must comply with the DFSG (Debian Free Software >> | Guidelines). >> | >> | In addition, the packages in main >> | >> | * must not require a package outside of main for compilation or >> | execution (thus, the package must not declare a "Depends", >> | "Recommends", or "Build-Depends" relationship on a non-main >> | package), >> `---- >> >> This explicitly does *not* mention "Suggests". > > Packages containing some contrib material, without which the package functions > well, can indeed go in main AFAIK. However, if I understand the situation > correctly, this package is completely useless without the non-free firmware if > you happen to have a device which needs it.
It seems we are confusing source packages and binary packages here. The source package is linux-wlan-ng, and this clearly has a use independently of any non-free files. The binary package is linux-wlan-ng-firmware, and this is only a downloader. > Then again, this sounds pretty much like a thing for debian-legal. :-) I rather think it's a technical question: Can a source package in main produce one binary package that is installed in contrib, or is the separation done only on the level of source packages? Regards, Frank -- Frank Küster Single Molecule Spectroscopy, Protein Folding @ Inst. f. Biochemie, Univ. Zürich Debian Developer (teTeX)
