Le Sunday 01 June 2008 17:47:02 Yair K., vous avez écrit :
> IIRC, there still a very few drivers which aren't open-sourced because
> permissions couldn't be obtained (lynx ONE?), but everything most systems
> need is available under GPLv2 only (there are CDDL/BSD versions for
> OpenSolaris/FreeBSD).

Ok. What's important is that the tarball that we use doesn't contain non free 
code.

> > * Which version should be packaged ? For instance, I have has issues with
> > the libsalsa build, but as I read, it was fixed in the current
> > developement version. Hence if the developpement version is stable
> > enough, it could be considered for the package.
>
> If a developement version isn't used, than this suggest the need for a
> build 1016, as build 1015: A. Won't build on Linux 2.6.26 (Debian will move
> to it eventually). B. Won't build when newer ALSA is installed because of
> the libsalsa issue mention above. C. Gives spurious init warnings on
> 2.6.25.

Fine, the two later were the issues I noticed yesterday.

> > Then, a secondary packaging issue, I will change so things that the
> > current system is doing. In particular, deleting the alsa modules is not
> > acceptable. In debian, there is a /usr/sbin/alsa command that can be used
> > to unload alsa modules, so it would better use this.
>
> Since ALSA can't be deleted, we'll have to blacklist ALSA modules to
> prevent it from loading at boot. In Debian this can be done by
> reconfiguring linux-sound-base to "OSS". Is there a way to automate this?
> Or must the user do this manually? (This is important for uninstall case as
> well).

Well, I have to look at this.


Romain

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