[Linux-wlan-ng-devel] Bug#225169: Bug#225169: linux-wlan-ng: Should build a .udeb (?)

[Enrico Tassi]

On Mon, Sep 01, 2008 at 08:18:39PM +0200, Christian Meyer wrote:
> Hello there,
> 
> I'm using a prism2_usb on lenny and it works fine with linux-wlan-ng (WEP
> activated).  The only thing that annoys me is that I can't use
> debian-installer because it doesn't supports linux-wlan-ng, so I have to
> setup my system with debootstrap (and I did it often during the last years).
> 
> I'm not a programmer, developer or so, but I'm able to read manuals and
> howto's and I want my prism2_usb to work with debian-installer.
> 
> So: Is there anything I can do to improve this long standing issue?  What is
> the problem with linux-wlan-ng?, where can I start reading?, what should be
> done to integrate it?

I'm pretty ignorant about the debian installer, but I think what you are looking for is a udeb:

  http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/doc/talks/debconf6/paper/index.html#id2535182

The svn repository where the packaging work is done is:

  http://svn.debian.org/viewsvn/linux-wlan-ng/
  
Not sure there release team will accept such a change in the lwng package,
we are already in freeze and an udeb is a new package (usually requires a 
NEW queue wait).

Cheers
-- 
Enrico Tassi