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 6F458138970 for ; Sun, 10 Feb 2013 15:55:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 576EF21C0C2; Sun, 10 Feb 2013 15:55:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wi0-f169.google.com (mail-wi0-f169.google.com [209.85.212.169]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3291021C01F for ; Sun, 10 Feb 2013 15:55:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wi0-f169.google.com with SMTP id l13so2483734wie.4 for ; Sun, 10 Feb 2013 07:55:40 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=dee.su; s=google; h=x-received:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=nrJozpQxwXpzuu1jQ4qyiG0cv+DAX4fv1ZdkmBJrcJ4=; b=I6LFeVe6KyYU61zZK36mX1vwgKUhJaZEGHNshltQfAe0fYSf4mBN2hN09cVJtRKEWe p+kje8YtXnB4/VsIWTyK1z5FZdsA0wJdjE3En2owZJguTiVQv7lW2AudKx0YyENNg86C tOElZiO6xm35/6F6+2YF1BaLOMzWIdjAS7Png= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding :x-gm-message-state; bh=nrJozpQxwXpzuu1jQ4qyiG0cv+DAX4fv1ZdkmBJrcJ4=; b=QHKgPHyeEaBqXA7x8ABxPMdkKi/KyxNytaQPsIPXX0/EB6bMbPpLRnlO22ZC11L3Xc czqV4F3n8dGA0e63D2bmBuOLttm7u/7GuTMlr2fJcHbrXpvJsT2Sso4Ahdjq0qyNdCnA dhvkCuO79O6OOuQvdQ96NNhwId5EkKosTnhl/fGfleSd+xb1Dyhmg7gRuK9M775zsF8h 7Jt1kKChQ07TDuXaXoAKU1BeiTPiG9v+E3AIHK3igtXdOvCDp2GaLPcw//SC9q8JQlJk 0MrQdl7LRpuxNDBf/5vvrZh+FPVrrxHZPw92kYXpsYK/Jv3tOsa5W5XLnbnf/ecqklbd bU1Q== X-Received: by 10.180.8.130 with SMTP id r2mr11574995wia.28.1360511740804; Sun, 10 Feb 2013 07:55:40 -0800 (PST) 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 Received: by 10.216.185.68 with HTTP; Sun, 10 Feb 2013 07:55:10 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <5117560B.3090709@gentoo.org> References: <5117560B.3090709@gentoo.org> From: Maxim Kammerer Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2013 17:55:10 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Lastrite: Firmware cleanup, part #1 To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQnLTJxII8eAgjSNxju9EnhA9JPuS2YW9eftNRSmWxa5i/tjaFZlf3k8m+d5g2eX/vBpe6ri X-Archives-Salt: 2624e24b-e640-4f9b-9923-99854a185a19 X-Archives-Hash: 7d1786c52c3c19c2dede2d65c503f3fa On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 10:10 AM, Samuli Suominen wr= ote: > # Some of these install to wrong directory, /lib64/firmware > # as opposed to correct /lib/firmware > # Some of these don't have maintainer > # Some of these are replaced by the firmware from the > # linux-firmware package: > net-wireless/b43-firmware > net-wireless/b43legacy-firmware These are neither of the above. I also don't understand masking packages because the firmware is in linux-firmware. Is this an official policy? Sometimes firmware packages are slotted, and it's also easier to install a package than list and update a changing set of firmware files in /etc/portage/savedconfig/sys-kernel/linux-firmware (referring to ar9271, rt2860, rt2870, i2400m). On the other hand, firmware is often very stable, so why mask a package just because it has no maintainer? Who wins by having atmel, or zd1201/zd1211 masked? There are no open bugs, so what's the point? --=20 Maxim Kammerer Libert=E9 Linux: http://dee.su/liberte