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. > > This could be as simple as mounting a tmpfs on /lib/firmware, and wgetting > 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. :) -- Glenn Maynard
