At Wed, 28 Apr 2004 20:47:43 +0200, Andrea Glorioso wrote: > > >>>>> "Frank" == Frank Barknecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Hallo, > > Paul Davis hat gesagt: // Paul Davis wrote: > > >> debian is about to exclude all "non-free" material from their > >> distributions. this includes firmware, documentation et al. > > > Yes, but some of alsa-tools at least aren't "non-free" at all, > > like env24control. > > Wasn't the division between alsa-tools and alsa-firmware done > explicitly to allow distribution of alsa-tools for distros which > prefer not to distribute alsa-firmware?
basically it was thought to decrease the size of the package. firmware data are rarely changed while alsa-tools programs are often updated. -- Takashi Iwai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ALSA Developer - www.alsa-project.org
