Re: Bug#353277: ndiswrapper in main
Am 2006-03-01 23:48:56, schrieb Peter Samuelson:
> What possible use would it be to integrate ndiswrapper into
> debian-installer? Wouldn't the user _still_ have to provide a Windows
> driver in some format usable by ndiswrapper? Wouldn't that still have
> to come from some external source, like a web site or a floppy disk?
> And if so, why would it be a hardship to get ndiswrapper from an
> external source at the same time?
It is sometimes not possibel, specialy if you have no Internet
connection or a private Debian mirror. "ndiswrapper" in the
d-i can access easyly the CD-Rom with the firmware provided by
the hardware manufacturer.
I have created some wrapper and downloader for some customers
of me whose migrating from Windows to GNU/Linux systems.
Providing no wrapper oder firmware loader let run such Windows
switchers run into trouble, because it prevents the migration.
I think, (specialy) Debian should think about it.
> I can understand the appeal of having ndiswrapper on the installer
> image, but only if the image also has drivers to use with it. Are we
> talking about CIPE again? Is CIPE useful for an installer?
Not realy right, because if someone has the hardware, she/he
has probablement the Drivers-CD which can be used.
> No, package foo can stay in main, because it wouldn't be a hard Depends
> relationship (or it shouldn't be, anyway), it would be a Suggests or
> possibly Recommends, depending on how common it is to use foo without
> ndiswrapper.
And if this tool is specialy a development tool, which DEPENDS
on ndiswrapper becasue it support the development of such driver?
After your opinion this tool must go into contrib. Even if is
designed to develop DFSG software because it depends on a package
in contrib which depends on a package in non-free.
Where later is not true.
ndiswrapper should only "suggest" or maximum "recommends" to the
non-free ndis-stuff.
> Actually, I'm not certain whether packages in main are allowed to
> Suggest packages outside main. If not, the usual workaround is for
There are many Packages which suggest Packages in contrib and or
non-free. openoffice.org is one of those candidates.
Greetings
Michelle Konzack
Systemadministrator
Tamay Dogan Network
Debian GNU/Linux Consultant
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