On Sun, Jan 09, 2005 at 03:21:40AM +0000, Matthew Garrett wrote: > Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I don't think I have a problem, conceptually, with a kernel package which > > provides drivers for 10,000 different types of hardware, and needs to load > > firmware from disk for 300 of them, being in main (without a > > Depends:/Recommends: relationship on the firmware-providing packages). > > That doesn't quite solve the problem of drivers outside the main kernel > tree. This is the case for a large amount of current wireless hardware, > irritatingly.
It's also completely nonsensical that single drivers must go in contrib, but a bundle of drivers may go in main as long as one of those drivers does not use non-free firmware. -- For every sprinkle I find, I shall kill you!
