Re: How long is it acceptable to leave *undistributable* files in the kernel package?

2004-06-15 Thread Joe Wreschnig
On Tue, 2004-06-15 at 19:45, Matthew Wilcox wrote: > On Tue, Jun 15, 2004 at 05:51:03PM -0500, Joe Wreschnig wrote: > > On Tue, 2004-06-15 at 14:38, Andreas Schuldei wrote: > > > * Nathanael Nerode ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [040615 21:27]: > > > > I request that the people planning to take over kernel ma

Re: How long is it acceptable to leave *undistributable* files in the kernel package?

2004-06-15 Thread Matthew Wilcox
On Tue, Jun 15, 2004 at 05:51:03PM -0500, Joe Wreschnig wrote: > On Tue, 2004-06-15 at 14:38, Andreas Schuldei wrote: > > * Nathanael Nerode ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [040615 21:27]: > > > I request that the people planning to take over kernel maintenance comment > > > ASAP on their plans regarding this

Re: How long is it acceptable to leave *undistributable* files in the kernel package?

2004-06-15 Thread Josh Triplett
Matthew Wilcox wrote: > On Mon, Jun 14, 2004 at 12:57:15PM -0400, Nathanael Nerode wrote: > >>I ask because such a file is present in Debian's Linux kernel sources and >>there seems to have been no attempt to remove it, despite the upload of >>new versions since the bug report. >> >>drivers/usb/mi

Re: How long is it acceptable to leave *undistributable* files in the kernel package?

2004-06-15 Thread Joe Wreschnig
On Tue, 2004-06-15 at 14:38, Andreas Schuldei wrote: > * Nathanael Nerode ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [040615 21:27]: > > I request that the people planning to take over kernel maintenance comment > > ASAP on their plans regarding this issue, and what sort of help would be > > appreciated. > > would it be

Re: How long is it acceptable to leave *undistributable* files in the kernel package?

2004-06-15 Thread Andreas Schuldei
* Nathanael Nerode ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [040615 21:27]: > I request that the people planning to take over kernel maintenance comment > ASAP on their plans regarding this issue, and what sort of help would be > appreciated. would it be ok if they hand in their humble suggestions at your front desk i

Re: How long is it acceptable to leave *undistributable* files in the kernel package?

2004-06-15 Thread Matthew Wilcox
On Mon, Jun 14, 2004 at 12:57:15PM -0400, Nathanael Nerode wrote: > I ask because such a file is present in Debian's Linux kernel sources and > there seems to have been no attempt to remove it, despite the upload of > new versions since the bug report. > > drivers/usb/misc/emi26_fw.h: > > * The

How long is it acceptable to leave *undistributable* files in the kernel package?

2004-06-15 Thread Nathanael Nerode
Such inclusion exposes Debian to legal liability, right? I ask because such a file is present in Debian's Linux kernel sources and there seems to have been no attempt to remove it, despite the upload of new versions since the bug report. drivers/usb/misc/emi26_fw.h: * The firmware contained her

Re: Bug#254325: kernel-source-2.4.22: DoS in OSS Sound Blaster Driver (CAN-2004-0178)

2004-06-15 Thread Horms
On Mon, Jun 14, 2004 at 09:43:12AM -0700, Matt Zimmerman wrote: > On Mon, Jun 14, 2004 at 05:32:07PM +0100, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > > > * Matt Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-06-14 08:46]: > > > debian-kernel: Can we remove kernel-source-2.4.22 from sid yet? > > > > It has been removed from

Re: Sarge and real i386-boxes

2004-06-15 Thread Andreas Barth
* Goswin von Brederlow ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [040614 15:40]: > > since some time, it's not possible to upgrade to sarge with an real > > i386-box (real mean: not i486 or higher). This is due to changes in > > the gcc, and therefore we need an upgrade kernel etc, see bug #241497 > > for the details. I