Subject: Re: Handling firmware versions
To: None <tech-pkg@netbsd.org, tech-kern@netbsd.org>
From: Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg@britannica.bec.de>
List: tech-kern
Date: 07/18/2007 21:33:18
On Wed, Jul 18, 2007 at 09:31:03PM +0200, Quentin Garnier wrote:
> The way we handle firmwares in pkgsrc is just wrong.  We should have
> only one package, that installs all the versions the kernel could
> possibly ask for (which means the kernel asks for a specific version).

Keep in mind that the firmware images are not only used by NetBSD.
Please carefully consider this before changing any policy...

Joerg