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Luis Ressel schrieb: |
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> On Mon, 23 Feb 2015 00:05:19 +0000 |
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> "Robin H. Johnson" <robbat2@g.o> wrote: |
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>> The attached list notes all of the packages that were added or removed |
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>> from the tree, for the week ending 2015-02-22 23:59 UTC. |
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>> Additions: |
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>> sys-firmware/iwl7265-ucode 2015-02-22 04:06:56 prometheanfire |
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> IIRC, just one or two months ago several of the sys-firmware/iwl*-ucode |
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> packages were lastrited with the recommendation of using |
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> sys-kernel/linux-firmware instead. So why are we adding new firmware |
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> ebuilds now? The iwl7625 firmware seems to be in linux-firmware, too. |
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The separate packages are indeed unnecessary in many cases because you |
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can tell sys-kernel/linux-firmware to only install desired firmware |
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files via USE=savedconfig. Nonetheless, some users and developers prefer |
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to have the firmware in individual packages. |
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One of the reasons for this is that the linux-firmware upstream is |
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sometimes slow to accept new or updated firmware in their repository |
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(they have gotten better in recent times though). This however does not |
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help products which are EOL (iwl3956/4965 etc.). They will not receive |
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any firmware updates any longer, therefore their individual packages |
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were less useful and have been last-rited. |
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Best regards, |
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Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn |
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