tag 368857 patch thanks * Enrico Tassi [Sun, 28 May 2006 13:44:57 +0200]:
Hello Enrico (and Victor),
> Could you please examine this bts entry and give me suggestions.
> Please CC me, since I'm not subscribed.
So there was a 20-message long thread in -mentors, but you were dropped
from CC when the interesting bits came. In particular, two messages from
Frank Küster (kudos) that:
- first, pointed out that the downloading script was in a separate
binary package already, linux-wlan-ng-firmware [1]
- secondly, demonstrated that it is possible for a source package in
main to ship a binary package in contrib [2]
[1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2006/05/msg00324.html
[2] http://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2006/06/msg00135.html
So I think the conclusion is that:
- the discussion of what happens if the script is shipped in the same
package as the free firmware is one that could expand itself beyond
imaginable limits, but it is _NOT_ the case here
- the linux-wlan-ng-firmware binary package is a "downloader package"
which should be in contrib without a doubt
- because of [2] above, and barring any input from the ftpmaster team,
the attached patch should be enough to fix RC Bug#368857
HTH,
--
Adeodato Simó dato at net.com.org.es
Debian Developer adeodato at debian.org
Listening to: Amon Tobin - Mission
diff -u linux-wlan-ng-0.2.4+svn20060414/debian/changelog
linux-wlan-ng-0.2.4+svn20060414/debian/changelog
--- linux-wlan-ng-0.2.4+svn20060414/debian/changelog
+++ linux-wlan-ng-0.2.4+svn20060414/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+linux-wlan-ng (0.2.4+svn20060414-3.1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * NMU.
+ * Move linux-wlan-ng-firmware to contrib. (Closes: #368857)
+
+ -- Adeodato Simó <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Fri, 9 Jun 2006 01:55:57 +0200
+
linux-wlan-ng (0.2.4+svn20060414-3) unstable; urgency=low
* shared.prism2 is back (Closes: #365553)
diff -u linux-wlan-ng-0.2.4+svn20060414/debian/control
linux-wlan-ng-0.2.4+svn20060414/debian/control
--- linux-wlan-ng-0.2.4+svn20060414/debian/control
+++ linux-wlan-ng-0.2.4+svn20060414/debian/control
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
Package: linux-wlan-ng-firmware
Architecture: all
+Section: contrib/admin
Depends: linux-wlan-ng (= ${Source-Version}), build-essential, debhelper,
subversion, fakeroot
Description: firmware files used by the linux-wlan-ng driver
linux-wlan-ng is a set of drivers and utilities that is intended to
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