Thomas Bushnell BSG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Matthew Garrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> This argument suggests that we can shift drivers from contrib to main >> simply by turning them into kernel patches and getting them included in >> the stock kernel. This seems, uh, odd. > > That's our policy. Every policy will have curious corner cases. >::shrug::
It also means that I can upload a kernel image that contains all these drivers, ensure that it's ABI compatible with the "official" kernels, and then build udebs containing the firmware-requiring drivers. These could then be grabbed by d-i. The drivers would then be available during install. So, for the cost of a relatively small amount of time, I could happily ensure that all these drivers end up in main. This suggests that there's something slightly wrong. The dependency on non-free code wouldn't have changed in the slightest. > But if you want a new policy, it should be discussed on debian-project > or perhaps debian-policy. I'm entirely happy to bring this up on debian-project. -- Matthew Garrett | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
