Hi! On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 10:28:53PM +0100, Oxan van Leeuwen wrote: > That is only true assuming that libnfc will eventually completely > disappear. Especially given the response from upstream (see Thomas' > mail), I doubt that will happen. libnfc has some more features which > probably won't ever make it to the kernel (mfoc has already been > mentioned). There is also the possibility of writing a libnfc driver > that uses the kernel module, so that they can exist (and be used) > together. > > Even if it will be completely replaced by the NFC subsystem, I think > the benefits of having a complete NFC stack in wheezy outweighs the > drawback of having a migration later on. Packages have been removed > and superseded since the earliest Debian releases, and when there is > a (better) alternative available, that shouldn't cause much > problems.
I agree but I sincerely hope that we'll not have multiple stacks around forever with each stack containing their own set of bugs. That would be tragic. -- Andreas Henriksson -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-wnpp-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120314111902.ga30...@amd64.fatal.se
