Bug#979807: Bug#979400: RFS: drs/5.0.5-1 [ITP] -- DRS4 Evaluation Board software
Hi Gürkan,
On Tue, Jun 01, 2021 at 01:05:49PM +0200, Gürkan Myczko wrote:
> Hi Tobias,
>
> > this seems to be a quite specific software for some quite specific
> > evaluation
> > board…
>
> Indeed the software is only useful with this hardware:
> https://www.radec.ch/shop
>
> > It seems a bit out-of-scope for Debian to carry such specialized
> > software?
>
> I would disagree, if people can buy the device, and just install the
> software with apt, it's a win. I have several users with several computers
> and
> such boards. They are glad to use apt.
>
> > I might be really wrong, so maybe elaborate a bit why you think this
> > software
> > should be in Debian?
>
> Debian is the universal OS? But if you think low number of users of hardware
> specific software should rule out such software, maybe
> https://packages.debian.org/callisto
> should be removed as well?
Well, this is not about callisto. So no need to pull this strawman.
In Debian we do not (and cannot) package every piece of software, this is not
the defintiion of "universal operating system". It should have some relevance
though, as every package has some cost to the project (not monetary, but e.g
people need to look at thpower)
If you say, it has relevance, then this is sufficient for me.
The question if something is relevant is not unusual in Debian to ask.
--
tobi
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