Scripsit Mark Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Sun, Apr 03, 2005 at 01:19:32AM +0100, Henning Makholm wrote: >> Scripsit Mark Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> > One example: with our current package management tools once you've got >> > an apt source in your configuration the packages it provides will start >> > to show up in things like searches. >> It is possible to edit sources.list *after* having defined the >> packages one needs. > That's not a static choice, though. My point is that the choice is not static. >> Also, there is no need to have the entire non-free >> archive in one's sources.list at any time at all if one uses an >> installer image that contains the necessary drivers itself. > Given that one of the reasons hardware vendors use downloads is to make > it easier for them to provide bug fixes it would be desirable to have > the ability to track new firmware packages. Then add an appropriate repository to your sources.list. It's your choice. You just cannot have your cake and eat it. >> I *am*, however, opposed to including non-free firmware in main >> because somebody feels that the non-free archive is not split >> sufficiently finegrained yet. > There's slightly more to it than splitting out the firmware section from > non-free - things like how to handle it in the installer, for example. Which does not change my point. -- Henning Makholm "We will discuss your youth another time." -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]