From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BABCD138B43 for ; Wed, 20 Feb 2013 17:42:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C58C221C002; Wed, 20 Feb 2013 17:42:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ie0-f180.google.com (mail-ie0-f180.google.com [209.85.223.180]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C3A40E050E for ; Wed, 20 Feb 2013 17:42:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ie0-f180.google.com with SMTP id bn7so10086740ieb.25 for ; Wed, 20 Feb 2013 09:42:00 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:x-received:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=uya6oYIli9jA8o7i2emzAGbIJuhl+w1TdfJYqyfd/lk=; b=VcDkpBifM7D7tOTWXKBw/mptl0wBIQQzmsRLlhj3oToSCaRCNm5MLMWHpUxK7QVs1v nAzc2WUDD9WO0Au83qk6gA6+FOiaqlp7HZb4XW13VhmcCW/cifn0BBLZImUSWN3rXvL7 8atd0RKkM9YmpUp9YxY2MX7LsOPk33qgXTvsQLyvhn16YwX4X5VNB9V7FKsWUn9oHm1U fFAhCOiQSJimm0Ak7ayw9LBYT+K+vdcSOnUo6eBv+uNKSOJzx8NL7cGOHl/96r+tGwIo pj+zDG40HOZQmx3Fi1E0tabVt0+6aHf8WOdYos0vzC5L3dsgYrCh34argQDPVsSB80Yv r/lQ== Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.42.60.197 with SMTP id r5mr6361447ich.21.1361382120484; Wed, 20 Feb 2013 09:42:00 -0800 (PST) Sender: freemanrich@gmail.com Received: by 10.64.21.98 with HTTP; Wed, 20 Feb 2013 09:42:00 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <512508C3.4020406@flameeyes.eu> References: <511F8D2E.1080006@flameeyes.eu> <511F9A9F.8040206@gentoo.org> <511F9ADE.2050503@flameeyes.eu> <20767.41371.270947.851486@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de> <5120654B.6050406@gentoo.org> <20768.43798.568305.561675@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de> <512389BF.9090504@gentoo.org> <5124CCE9.50203@flameeyes.eu> <20130220162802.30963.qmail@stuge.se> <512508C3.4020406@flameeyes.eu> Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2013 12:42:00 -0500 X-Google-Sender-Auth: UsnWXK2ustQmsCYcRFE8E6EVgy0 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: linux-firmware From: Rich Freeman To: gentoo-dev Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: df9c617f-107d-401d-ba83-4b6d7046ce8d X-Archives-Hash: 7a1cd7b69b548e814e44bbeea50c054a On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 12:32 PM, Diego Elio Petten=F2 wrote: > That being the case, splitting them in multiple packages might indeed be > a better option. Yes I know I'm the one pushing for using a single > package =97 as long as it doesn't have licensing issues of course. Yup, a combined package that is fetch-restricted with 57 files in the SRC_URI isn't really something that anybody would like. Probably makes sense to have a few tiers: 1. Free 2. Non-free, but redistributable 3. Non-free, nonredistributable, but fetchable (maybe combine with #2) 4. Non-fetchable - do not combine. Rich