On Sun, Oct 10, 2004 at 11:49:45PM +0100, Matthew Garrett wrote: > Nathanael Nerode <neroden@twcny.rr.com> wrote: > > > If the driver does not provide any significant functionality without the > > firmware, it belongs in contrib. > > > > If there are some cards which the driver drives which work without the > > firmware, it can go in main. > > Nowadays very few drivers will work without the presence of non-free > software. This may be located in flash, or it may be loaded from the > operating system. Why should a hardware implementation detail affect > whether or not we include the drivers on a Debian CD? This argument applies equally well to everything that is not firmware and that is in contrib, unless you feel like answering your own question and demonstrating why a hardware implementation detail should affect this. Since it would then indicate that contrib shouldn't exist, it's probably wrong. Figuring out why is left as an exercise for the reader. -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | `. `' | `- -><- |
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