I demand that Glenn Maynard may or may not have written... > On Mon, Jan 03, 2005 at 05:42:07PM +0000, Darren Salt wrote: >>> Anthony DeRobertis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>>>> Scripsit Anthony DeRobertis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>>> That would, however, cover firmware and wind up sending X to contrib. >>>>>> So maybe: ... iff it is stored on the local machine's file system. >>>> So would a web-based firmware loader, that never saved the firmware to >>>> disk allow the drivers to be in main?
> I read this as a theoretical case to claim that the "local filesystem" > metric was incorrect (at least in some cases)--since I thought it was > obvious that pushing non-free stuff to a remote server and wgetting it is > no different than moving it into non-free (a "remote server", as far as > main is concerned) and Depend:ing on it--which means contrib, at best. Fetch every time and fetch once. That looks like a difference to me... >>> This could be as simple as mounting a tmpfs on /lib/firmware, and >>> wgetting [my comments about network availability removed - RELEVANT CONTEXT] >> I'd say that a local cache is needed, though whether it's used should be >> up to the local admin. > ... so I don't know why we're talking about implementation details. :) I was pointing out that wget can theoretically fail to retrieve the binary. ;-) -- | Darren Salt | nr. Ashington, | linux (or ds) at | woody, sarge, | Northumberland | youmustbejoking | RISC OS | Toon Army | demon co uk | Oh, sarge too... A violent man will die a violent death.
