On 2011-12-04 19:41, Julien Cristau wrote: > I've been blocking this package from entering testing, but as Patrick > Matthäi questions that choice I'm filing this bug for the record. > > It is my opinion, as a member of the release team, that we shouldn't > ship this package in stable. > > This driver duplicates functionality available in the r8169 module in > the standard linux kernel, which is going to create a support burden, > the ITP was NAKed by the kernel maintainers, and apparently you agreed > in <[email protected]> to not let this enter wheezy.
Since r8168 seems to apply binary patches to the firmware, the package has been moved to non-free. Can we close this bug now and let r8168 enter stretch/non-free? It's also much less intrusive w.r.t. in-tree r8169 than a few years ago (no more full blacklisting of r8169, just claims the subset of devices it supports). Andreas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
