Joost Yervante Damad wrote: > Hi Bas, Hi Joost,
>>OpenMSX has a Depends: on cbios, while it is possible to have a useful >>package without it (by including a ROM file ripped from a real MSX >>machine). People who want to use their own ROMs are thus forced to >>install cbios, which is not good. > > C-BIOS is only a few 100 kilobytes large. Compared to openMSX it is really > tiny. I don't really believe that is a realistic argument. Well, but in that case there's not really a point in making it a separate package. The files could just be in the openmsx package. If you want to do it The Right Way(tm), then I would go for that completely, not half. >>I think there should instead be a Depends: on a virtual package (called >>msx-systemrom or something) which is provided by cbios. Then someone >>who has a ripped ROM could create a package from that which also >>provides the virtual package. If it is done in this way, it might be >>good to make a script for that, as most people will not know how to make >>a debian package. :-) > > > As long as there are no other DFSG-free openmsx bios roms in debian, I think a > plain depend is just fine. Of course the ripped ROMs are not just DFSG-non-free, they cannot even be distributed in debian/non-free. The point is that some people will use their own ROMs, and they still need to have cbios installed now (unless they Provide: it in their custom package, but that would be a hack, as such a package doesn't actually provide cbios). > About the scripts, there are already such scripts. However it is not my > intention to provide them as part of the debian package. Feel free to ask for > them on #openMSX any time. I know there are scripts for building packages, but I meant a script solely for building a debian package out of a ROM file, which Provides: msx-systemrom or whatever the virtual package name would be. As long as you choose not to make a virtual package, it doesn't make sense to create that script. :-) > If you don't mind I'd like to close this bug, or convince me otherwise :) Since it's a matter of opinion, there's not much point in keeping it open if you don't agree. ;-) Bye, Bas -- I encourage people to send encrypted e-mail (see http://www.gnupg.org). If you have problems reading my e-mail, use a better reader. Please send the central message of e-mails as plain text in the message body, not as HTML and definitely not as MS Word. Please do not use the MS Word format for attachments either. For more information, see http://129.125.47.90/e-mail.html
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