[Linux-wlan-ng-devel] Bug#368857: linux-wlan-ng-firmware: Should be in contrib

[Dylan Thurston]

Package: linux-wlan-ng-firmware
Severity: serious
Justification: Policy 2.2

As I understand it, the sole purpose of this package is to download
non-free firmware.  This fits into 'contrib', not 'main', since it
depends on non-free software for its ultimate operation.  Packages
like this are given as an example of packages for contrib.  From
Policy 2.2.2:

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     Examples of packages which would be included in _contrib_ are:
...
        * wrapper packages or other sorts of free accessories for non-free
          programs.
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-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.17-rc3y
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)