Bug#699474: RFS: b43-fwcutter/1:017-1 [ITA]

2013/2/4 John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de>

On 02/04/2013 01:32 PM, Ma Xiaojun wrote:

On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 5:25 AM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
<glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de> wrote:

No, unfortunately the package is not ok yet. When I install the package
b43-fwcutter, it will prompt the debconf question in Spanish.

Really?
Where to check the source package content?

Yes, really. Check:

> b43-fwcutter-017/debian/po/en.po

I presume that this might come due to the fact that the .po file is called "en.po" instead of "es.po" and the Spanish translation is invoked when the locale is set to English (which is the case for me), I will test that. I haven't used debconf translations before.

You are right!, my mistake, sorry! (fixed)

Also, after installing b43-fwcutter, nothing further happens. I have to
install the firmware-b43-debs manually which is very confusing. Ideally, the
package b43-fwcutter should detect the hardware and prompt for the
installation of the proper package or at least depend on them.

b43-fwcutter itself is just a firmware cutter as its name suggests.
http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#Install_b43-fwcutter

The thing is that absolutely nothing happens when installing the b43-fwcutter which I found confusing. So, obviously people have to ignore this package and always install the installer packages. This should be mentioned at least in the README.Debian or better in the package description.

I also don't see why you can't just merge everything into one binary package. You install a package "b43-firmware", it detects your hardware in the preinst script and downloads and installs the firmware accordingly. If the detection fails, it should prompt whether to download the firmware anyway and then abort the installation or continue the installation, depending on the user choice.

this part of the changelog[1], explains why it was necessary to split the package, however I think this will be no problem for us because the driver supports all cards with the Kerner 3.2 (which is in wheezy)

Adrian and I are working on a new version of b43-fwcutter without virtual packages, which installed the appropriate firmware, depending on each card

This will be more clear to users :)

[1]: http://paste.debian.net/hidden/582ce9f5/

But maybe that's just me. I'd be happy if you have convincing arguments why it should be handled differently.

Cheers,

Adrian

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