On 24.11.2011 14:36, Didier Raboud wrote: > Paul Wise wrote: > >> This is why I think packaging it at all is possibly a bad idea since >> people running Debian stable/oldstable will always have old >> information. It would be better if the software that uses it were to >> be responsible for downloading it periodically. > > I respectfully disagree. > > If we take that path, then we might as well allow usb-modeswitch to download > its latest "modeswitching" strategies for the 3G dongles that need one. Oh > and usb-modeswitch could then also update its binary too as "anyone wants > the latest" anyway.
Once your hardware is working, there is no need to periodically update the database. On the contrary, this introduces the risk, that a update might actually have a regression and it stops working. That said, mobile-broadband-provider-info sounds like a good candidate for volatile. Cheers, Michael -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth?
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