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Bug#349164: Bug#349165: O: ieee80211 -- Source for the 802.11 (wireless) network stack for Linux



Hi,

Mike Hommey wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 22, 2006 at 01:36:20PM +0100, Rene Engelhard <rene@debian.org> wrote:
> > Shouldn't it then be simply removed from unstable? (likewise with ipw2200)
> 
> Well, some people prefer using the upstream ones instead of the vanilla
> kernel ones, because there are still issues with the version in vanilla
> kernel.

Yes, but that still won't work then as you say those don't build with
newer kernels, didn't you?

> Some other people don't want to upgrade kernel, and for them it's the
> only solution to get these drivers. For these people, the current
> drivers are better than nothing. Removing them would not be nice to
> these people.

Hmm. That's a point.

Regards,

Rene

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