Re: LCC and blobs
Op zo, 12-12-2004 te 04:52 +0100, schreef Goswin von Brederlow:
> Wouter Verhelst <wouter@debian.org> writes:
>
> > On Sun, Dec 12, 2004 at 12:34:10AM +0100, Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
> >> Yes. Once you eliminate the dependency on the non-free file the driver
> >> becomes suitable for main.
> >
> > The driver does not have /any/ dependency on a non-free file. It will
> > function perfectly without the non-free file.
> >
> > The device, that's a different story; but Debian is not in the business
> > of distributing hardware, so there is no 'Depends:' header for that bit
> > of the problem.
>
> We have to disagree on that then.
>
> I think something like "Failure: firmware not loaded" or "Failure:
> path/firmware: No such file or directory" counts as a dependency.
On the device, yes. But not by the driver.
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