Eric Lavarde wrote:
Package: madwifi
Severity: wishlist
Hi,
before migrating from Marlow's packages (http://debian.marlow.dk/) to
the ones from non-free, I really hesitated a long time because it was
not clear to me what the relation between the both is: they are named
exactly the same, but have a completly different numbering scheme. So I
asked myself, which one is more up-to-date? Are they compatible? What
will the "downgrade" break? Etc...
You could have asked us on our mailing list
([EMAIL PROTECTED]) too :-)
For this reason, and assuming Marlow's packages are relatively often
used, I think that a note in the long description of the packages saying
something like: "This package is not related to the madwifi packages
from http://debian.marlow.dk/ but can replace them without expected
drawbacks." would have been helpful.
I would prefer not to put anything like that in the debian/control file
description. The packages from marlow.dk may have been around a lot
longer, but they are not officially recognised or supported, afaik.
However, I would find it appropriate to add a note to
madwifi-source/README.Debian. Is the text suggested above all that you
would like to be mentioned? Please feel free to provide any other words
that may help others in your situation.
Thanks, Kel.
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