Adam McKenna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, Feb 27, 2006 at 04:25:01PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: >> So I'm still at a loss; the only use of ndiswrapper, on a >> free-software-only system, seems to be CIPE. Is that correct, or is >> there some other? > > There are plenty of others to be dreamed up. AFAIK, nobody is compiling > evidence that any of those others are actually being done, however, the > ndiswrapper-in-main proponents (including myself) are arguing that that is > beside the point. Packages are not required to be useful in order to be in > Debian.
The definition of "contrib" is that it is for a package which is a wrapper for non-free-software. If there isn't any free software for ndiswrapper to wrap, and the reason we care about having it in the installer is to help support users who are stuck with non-free NDIS drivers as the only way to get their hardware working (and I think this is an *excellent* reason to have it in the installer, btw), it sure seems like its purpose is to wrap non-free software. Maybe I could understand your point better if you could give me an example of a wrapper for non-free software which you *do* think belongs in contrib, so that I can understand what's different about that case and ndiswrapper? Thomas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
