Re: Bug#353277: ndiswrapper in main
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- Subject: Re: Bug#353277: ndiswrapper in main
- From: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
- Date: Sun, 05 Mar 2006 07:47:22 -0600
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- In-reply-to: <20060228080347.GA26075@localhost.localdomain> (Anthony Towns's message of "Tue, 28 Feb 2006 18:03:47 +1000")
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On 28 Feb 2006, Anthony Towns stated:
> On Tue, Feb 21, 2006 at 02:09:35PM +0000, Ian Jackson wrote:
>> WHEREAS
>> 1. ndiswrapper's purpose is to allow non-free drivers to be used.
>> THE COMMITTEE CONCLUDES THAT
>> 6. ndiswrapper belongs in contrib.
>> AND THE COMMITTEE THEREFORE REQUESTS AS FOLLOWS
>> 9. ftpmasters and the ndiswrapper maintainers should cooperate to
>> move
>> nsidwrapper to contrib. [...]
>> 10. The Policy Manual maintainers should take steps to adjust the
>> language regarding main and contrib to clarify and improve it. [...]
>
> On Thu, Feb 23, 2006 at 08:30:33PM -0500, Raul Miller wrote:
>> WHEREAS
>> 1. ndiswrapper's purpose is to allow non-debian (and typically
>> non-free)
>> drivers to be used.
>> THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THAT
>> 6. ndiswrapper belongs in contrib.
>> AND THE COMMITTEE THEREFORE REQUESTS AS FOLLOWS
>> 9. ftpmasters and the ndiswrapper maintainers should cooperate to move
>> nsidwrapper to contrib.
>
> Okay, so I'll vote against both these.
As do I.
manoj
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