Re: Bug#353277: ndiswrapper in main
On 29 Mar 2006, Raul Miller said:
> On 3/29/06, Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> wrote:
>>> But what what distinguishes ndiswrapper from anything else in
>>> contrib?
>>
>> Like gcc, it is ready for tyhe user to provide input for it to
>> process. Like gcc, it needs input to produce output (wrapped
>> loadable kernel module), but does not _depend_ on the input, any
>> more than gcc does.
>
> Here's an example of the user providing input for gcc:
>
> $ cat >example.c <<END
> #include <stdio.h>
> main() {
> printf("%g\n", 3.14159*7*7);
> }
> END
> $ gcc example.c -o example; ./example
> 153.938
>
> I don't know how to do something like this with ndiswrapper.
>
> Since I'm ignorant, could you provide an example?
Does the fact we are boith ignorant mean that the authors and
users of ndiswrapper be penalized? I don't know how to use a large
number of interpreters and compilers in Debian (scheme, python,
...). Presumably, you, too, are not omniscient (If you are, I do
apologize, god). If there is an intersection of these sets, should it
have a bearing on the freeness of the packages that live in that
intersection?
>>>> If ndiswrapper is not in my universe, I may never get around to
>>>> writing fee windows drivers that could also be used on Linux :)
>>>
>>> I don't understand this one.
>>>
>>> Why wouldn't "Contrib" be in your universe?
>>
>> It is not in Debian.
>
> I don't understand why that means it's not in your universe.
Cause I am all fere and pure, dude. Do try to keep up :)
manoj
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