1. This is about linux-firmware-realtek
1.a) d/changelog missing empty line between package name/version and first
bullet point:
linux-firmware-realtek (20260319.git217ca6e4-0ubuntu1.1) resolute;
urgency=medium
* RTL8192EE PCIe WiFi card - missing rtl8192eefw.bin (LP: #2150219)
- [Packaging] realtek: Add rtlwifi/rtl8192eefw.bin symlink
(...)
1.b) No debian/* stanza in d/copyright
1.c) Odd "dummy" d/changelog entry:
Resolute was shipped with 20260319.git217ca6e4-0ubuntu1, and between that and
this upload, we have:
linux-firmware-realtek (20260319.git217ca6e4-0ubuntu1.1) resolute;
urgency=medium
* RTL8192EE PCIe WiFi card - missing rtl8192eefw.bin (LP: #2150219)
- [Packaging] realtek: Add rtlwifi/rtl8192eefw.bin symlink
* linux-firmware package does not mention about all licensing in copyright
file (LP: #2147186)
- [Packaging] Add per-package DEP-5 copyright files
- [Packaging] Don't package individual license files
* Autopkgtest test failures (LP: #2156342)
- [Packaging] d/tests/control: Fix package dependencies
-- Juerg Haefliger <[email protected]> Tue, 09 Jun 2026
12:09:50 +0200
linux-firmware-realtek (20260319.git217ca6e4-0ubuntu1.0) resolute;
urgency=medium
* Initial dummy SRU version
-- Juerg Haefliger <[email protected]> Wed, 29 Apr 2026
18:10:51 +0200
linux-firmware-realtek (20260319.git217ca6e4-0ubuntu1) resolute;
urgency=medium
* Miscellaneous Ubuntu changes
- Rebase to upstream commit 217ca6e4deac7617b421ec62bbb43c5c8a520a59
-- Juerg Haefliger <[email protected]> Thu, 19 Mar 2026
13:32:15 +0100
What's with that "Initial dummy SRU version" entry? You could have gone
directly to 0ubuntu1.1 after 0ubuntu1, no need for 0ubuntu1.0
1.d) d/copyright refers to intel/*, but that directory does not exist:
Files: intel/*
Copyright: 2014, Intel Corporation.
License: Redistributable-ibt_firmware
1.e) what's with the ubuntu.patch which adds a license for "ibt_firmware",
copyright Intel? Is that part of the package? I'm wondering if it's a remnant
of the split, and the patch landed in the wrong split package? I'm not familiar
with linux-firmware, hence the question.
1.f) [Packaging] realtek: Add rtlwifi/rtl8192eefw.bin symlink
Where and how exactly is this symlink being added? I didn't spot
anything related in the diff, even in the debian/bin/install-firmware
changes
Well, I built the package and I do see it (and it's not there in the original
package from resolute):
$ dpkg --contents ../*.deb|grep rtl8192eefw
lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2026-06-09 10:09
./usr/lib/firmware/rtlwifi/rtl8192eefw.bin.zst -> rtl8192eu_nic.bin.zst
So consider this question just one where I would like to be educated :)
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