Re: Preparing linux-2.6 2.6.18-1

2006-10-20 Thread ales drtik
From: Nathanael Nerode: ... >Here you go, Steve. >drivers/media/video/dabfirmware.h >drivers/net/acenic_firmware.h >drivers/net/dgrs_firmware.c >drivers/net/tokenring/smctr_firmware.h >drivers/usb/misc/emi62_fw_m.h >drivers/usb/misc/emi62_fw_s.h >The above are all undistributable: sm

Re: Preparing linux-2.6 2.6.18-1

2006-09-24 Thread Thiemo Seufer
Nathanael Nerode wrote: > Steve Langasek wrote: > > > If it is the consensus of the project that sourceless firmware doesn't > > belong in main, this is a conscious regression in DFSG-compliance relative > > to sarge. I don't think that's acceptable. We obviously do have the > > means to remove

Re: Preparing linux-2.6 2.6.18-1

2006-09-24 Thread Sven Luther
On Sun, Sep 24, 2006 at 12:39:38PM -0400, Nathanael Nerode wrote: > Steve Langasek wrote: > > > If it is the consensus of the project that sourceless firmware doesn't > > belong in main, this is a conscious regression in DFSG-compliance relative > > to sarge. I don't think that's acceptable. We

Re: Preparing linux-2.6 2.6.18-1

2006-09-24 Thread Sven Luther
On Sun, Sep 24, 2006 at 01:08:10PM -0400, Nathanael Nerode wrote: > Sven Luther wrote: > > > On Fri, Sep 22, 2006 at 03:25:12AM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: > > >> On Fri, Sep 22, 2006 at 07:12:53AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > > (someone, I'm not sure who, wrote:) > >> > > Re-adding them at this

Re: Preparing linux-2.6 2.6.18-1

2006-09-24 Thread Frederik Schueler
Hi, On Sun, Sep 24, 2006 at 01:08:10PM -0400, Nathanael Nerode wrote: > Today I sent an email asking upstream to remove dgrs based on its > uselessness; we'll see what happens. Thanks. We should consider removing it, too then. Best regards Frederik Schueler -- ENOSIG signature.asc Descript

Re: Preparing linux-2.6 2.6.18-1

2006-09-24 Thread Nathanael Nerode
Steve Langasek wrote: > If it is the consensus of the project that sourceless firmware doesn't > belong in main, this is a conscious regression in DFSG-compliance relative > to sarge. I don't think that's acceptable. We obviously do have the > means to remove this particular subset of non-free f

Re: Preparing linux-2.6 2.6.18-1

2006-09-24 Thread Nathanael Nerode
Sven Luther wrote: > On Fri, Sep 22, 2006 at 03:25:12AM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: >> On Fri, Sep 22, 2006 at 07:12:53AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: (someone, I'm not sure who, wrote:) >> > > Re-adding them at this stage >> > > 1) is against the current social contract >> >> > Yes, but then so

Re: Preparing linux-2.6 2.6.18-1

2006-09-23 Thread Steve Langasek
[Dropping -release from cc anyway; there's no possible reason this needs to be cross-posted to 4 lists] On Fri, Sep 22, 2006 at 07:12:53AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > On Thu, Sep 21, 2006 at 02:58:31AM -0500, Bill Allombert wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 21, 2006 at 08:52:15AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: >

Re: Preparing linux-2.6 2.6.18-1

2006-09-22 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Sep 22, 2006 at 03:25:12AM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: > [Dropping -release from cc anyway; there's no possible reason this needs to > be cross-posted to 4 lists] > > On Fri, Sep 22, 2006 at 07:12:53AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 21, 2006 at 02:58:31AM -0500, Bill Allombert

Re: Preparing linux-2.6 2.6.18-1

2006-09-21 Thread Sven Luther
Note to list-masters: Please circumvent the ban on me for debian-release, and have the integrity of my mails concerning this thread reach that mailing list too for completeness of this rather important discussion. -- Thanks. On Thu, Sep 21, 2006 at 02:58:31AM -0500, Bill Allombert wrote: >