Bug#522415: firmware-nonfree: please create a mother package for all firmware

2016-09-21 Thread Antonio Ospite
Package: firmware-linux-nonfree Version: 20160824-1 Followup-For: Bug #522415 Dear Maintainer, FWIW I also think that having the meta packages bring in as many firmware packages as possible can be useful. I would put the dependency in the firmware-linux-nonfree package rather than in the top-lev

Bug#522415: firmware-nonfree: please create a mother package for all firmware

2015-11-12 Thread Raphael Hertzog
On Sat, 04 Apr 2009, Ben Hutchings wrote: > All firmware that comes from the upstream firmware/ directory will be > included in the firmware-linux package, not a driver/vendor-specific > package. This accounts for an increasing majority of the firmware. This prediction doesn't seem to have come t

Bug#522415: firmware-nonfree: please create a mother package for all firmware

2009-04-05 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi Ben, On Sonntag, 5. April 2009, Ben Hutchings wrote: > All firmware that comes from the upstream firmware/ directory will be > included in the firmware-linux package, not a driver/vendor-specific > package. This accounts for an increasing majority of the firmware. Thanks for the explaination.

Bug#522415: firmware-nonfree: please create a mother package for all firmware

2009-04-04 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Sat, 2009-04-04 at 08:43 +0200, Holger Levsen wrote: > On Samstag, 4. April 2009, maximilian attems wrote: > > and here comes a fsf purist :P wanting better usability. > > as i told you this will be anyway the tendancy > > as all newer firmware will land in f-linux. > > eparse. > > hint: te bt

Bug#522415: firmware-nonfree: please create a mother package for all firmware

2009-04-03 Thread Holger Levsen
On Samstag, 4. April 2009, maximilian attems wrote: > and here comes a fsf purist :P wanting better usability. > as i told you this will be anyway the tendancy > as all newer firmware will land in f-linux. eparse. hint: te bts aint sms, ya ca use pr0per inglish. signature.asc Description: This

Bug#522415: firmware-nonfree: please create a mother package for all firmware

2009-04-03 Thread maximilian attems
On Sat, Apr 04, 2009 at 01:00:27AM +0200, Holger Levsen wrote: > installed but not the firmware), so a depends would work. > > I'd prefer a all-firmwarez meta-package though, which _recommends_ all binary > packages build from the firmware-nonfree source package :-) > > (recommends are installed

Bug#522415: firmware-nonfree: please create a mother package for all firmware

2009-04-03 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, On Samstag, 4. April 2009, maximilian attems wrote: > no this is not possible due to license differences. > ipwX needs a click through, but there will be soon unification > as bnx2 will land in firmware-linux and so on.. huh? you need to accept the ipwX licence anyway (else the package will b

Bug#522415: firmware-nonfree: please create a mother package for all firmware

2009-04-03 Thread maximilian attems
On Fri, Apr 03, 2009 at 04:49:49PM +0200, Xavier Bestel wrote: > Package: firmware-nonfree > Severity: wishlist > > > Hi, > > would it be possible to create an umbrella package which would depend on all > firmware-* packages, so every new firmware package would be installed > automatically ?

Bug#522415: firmware-nonfree: please create a mother package for all firmware

2009-04-03 Thread Xavier Bestel
Package: firmware-nonfree Severity: wishlist Hi, would it be possible to create an umbrella package which would depend on all firmware-* packages, so every new firmware package would be installed automatically ? Thanks, Xav -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT pre