Re: HighPoint- GPL Licensed Controller wants To be Include In Debian Distribution
Hi May Hwang!
On Jan 28, 2008 2:59 PM, May Hwang <mhwang@highpoint-tech.com> wrote:
> These Hardware RAID controllers offer GPL licensed Linux Open Source driver
> and have been accepted into 2.6.25 main kernel tree but since this is not a
> stable kernel version yet so our Debian system integrators still have to go
> through driver compilation in every installation process. Therefore, our
> Debian customers request HighPoint must work with Debian developer to
> include our linux drivers into the latest Debian Distribution. HighPoint is
> always looking ways to provide friendly use experience for customers so we
> will assign a dedicated firmware interface to work with Debian developer on
> this project.
As Sean said, it's great that you are making this effort to provide a
better experience for your users.
Regarding Debian's latest distribution, once a distribution gets into
a "stable" form, it gets "frozen"; this means that Debian won't add
extra packages to it. However, once you make the package, following
the guidelines that Sean gave you, you can provide that package to
your customers, for them to download.
The amount of effort for downloading a module from a different site
than the official Debian site, is almost nothing compared to the
effort of compiling and installing the module by hand, I think your
customers would be perfectly satisfied if you provide the package at
your site, until the next release (by then it will already be included
in the kernel).
--
Besos,
Marga
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