Peter Stuge schrieb: > Kernel -sources USE is a handy way to install linux-firmware > wholesale, but AIUI the standalone firmware packages would > be removed too, effectively making the USE flag non-optional, and > removing the possibility of having managed firmware packages. > (People would have to download single firmware files on their own.)
I see that there exists some preference for individual firmware packages for certain users or use cases. This is why the mask message told you to report a bug if a particular firmware package is important to you. > I think the objection is against a solution that will replace what > is there at the moment and cause more firmware files to always be > installed, if only some specific ones are actually needed. USE=savedconfig can prevent installation of undesired firmware files. I admit that this is not very user friendly though. And some of the flexibility in mixing linux-firmware[savedconfig] and individual packages has been destroyed by adding blocker against linux-firmware in the individual packages (bug 456746 comment 4) > Also: Is this only for gentoo-sources? What about the other -sources? The suggestion is to have it for virtual/linux-sources. Best regards, Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn
