Re: Bug#353277: ndiswrapper in main (was: Bug#353277: should be in contrib)
Am 2006-02-19 08:40:44, schrieb Michael Poole:
> Again, there is no mention of "pointless" software in Policy -- if
> there were, some large fraction of main would be moved because it is
> duplicative, trivial or otherwise pointless to have. Likewise, there
> is no mention of "Windows driver developers ... who really wish they
> could conveniently test their Windows drivers on Debian". Policy only
> says "the packages in main must not require a package outside of main
> for compilation or execution".
This mean, IF I HAVE written a driver, it will not go into
main even if IS GPLed because ndiswraper is in "contrib".
In clear: Such driver will never be written.
> Michael Poole
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