Re: [kernel] r13859 - dists/trunk/firmware-nonfree/linux
On Wed, Jul 01, 2009 at 09:26:00AM +0000, Maximilian Attems wrote:
> Author: maks
> Date: Wed Jul 1 09:25:58 2009
> New Revision: 13859
>
> Log:
> revert wording of firmware-linux
wow... just reverting w/o discussing w/ the committer? That's a bit
rude.
> packaging details have no place in longdesc,
since when? Long descriptions are full of packaging details. In many
cases long descriptions _are_ packaging details.
> also it should be clear where those firmware come from,
> which the rewording completly lost.
The reason for the original commit was that it isn't clear to users why
some firmware is in this blob and others are split out. I didn't know
either - discussed it on IRC, and found that this is the current
reasoning. I know you disagree with how the firmware is organized, but
that is how it is organized today, and it seemed like users deserved
the clarification.
> also NACK on s/firmware/drivers/
"NACK" - nice
>
> Modified:
> dists/trunk/firmware-nonfree/linux/defines
>
> Modified: dists/trunk/firmware-nonfree/linux/defines
> ==============================================================================
> --- dists/trunk/firmware-nonfree/linux/defines Wed Jul 1 09:20:17 2009 (r13858)
> +++ dists/trunk/firmware-nonfree/linux/defines Wed Jul 1 09:25:58 2009 (r13859)
> @@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
> [base]
> -desc: various drivers in the Linux kernel
> +desc: various firmware for the Linux kernel
> longdesc:
> - various drivers in the Linux kernel. This is a collection of firmware blobs
> - which are not individually large enough to warrant a standalone package
> + all firmware which was formerly shipped in the Linux image.
> files:
> 3com/typhoon.bin
> dabusb/bitstream.bin
>
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