Bug#642468: kfreebsd-downloader
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Hi Robert,
On 21.01.2012 13:30, Robert Millan wrote:
> I think users who want this are now served by kfreebsd-downloader
> package in the contrib archive.
I can see how kfreebsd-downloader can provide a working solution, but I
wouldn't consider it an appropriate bug fix which would satisfy users.
The idea of kfreebsd-downloader is to download a kernel package already
requires a working Internet connection. Thus, it is very complicated to
get a working kernel image and kfreebsd-downloader's postinst logic at
the same time.
However, most modules removed from the pristine kernel tarball are
network card drivers which makes the usage of kfreebsd-downloader pretty
hard.
That said, you're the maintainer of the kernel package so you rule. I
personally would let the bug open but demote it to wishlist as the
downloader provides an uniform way to build a non-free kernel. In the
long term we should still target d-i support and installable debs from
non-free just like the Linux folks do. Nonetheless I appreciate your
work as it is already a step forward and improves the situation a lot.
- --
with kind regards,
Arno Töll
IRC: daemonkeeper on Freenode/OFTC
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