Dear John, On Sat, Oct 09, 2021 at 09:30:51PM +0000, John Scott wrote: > On Fri, 2021-10-08 at 14:35 +0200, maximilian attems wrote: > >> By the way, can you also add a Recommends on > >> firmware-ath9k-htc in that upload (you can close #900171)? > > I haven't followed carl9170fw at all. I thought you would want a > > Recommends on firmware-carl9170fw or something? > We're talking about two different things. Indeed, a recommends on > firmware-carl9170 (that's what the binary package will be called) would > be nice. It's up to you whether you'd like to add the Recommends now > with the package not being in the archive yet.
finally will upload today 20210919-1 as discussed Concerning the recommneds I'll wait for firmware-carl9170 to show up. > What I was just referring to is ath9k_htc, another libre wireless > firmware for USB adapters which I already maintain. In my opinion, it > would be nice if we could get all free firmware building from source > (probably in their own source packages as necessary) and eventually > someday turn firmware-linux-free into a metapackage. It is not good to mix too much packaging stuff in one upload, so will keep this for the next. thank you.