[Linux-wlan-ng-devel] Bug#583520: don't assume an Internet connection to make package usable

[Tormod Volden]

tags 583520 wontfix
thanks

[d*mn touchpad / email web client, trying again]

>>> Perhaps also mention somewhere that if the user does not have a net
>>> connection during package install, he can instead just download URL A on
>>> a machine that does, and then copy it into file B.
>
> TV> That sounds good, I guess we could add this to a README file and/or
> TV> have it displayed by the prism2-usb-firmware-installer postinst if
> TV> downloading fails.
>
> Let's not have the disconnected user give up before even starting.
> Therefore even have the workaround instructions also in the package Description.

The downloaded files also need converting, so it is not as easy as
just downloading and copying. We had the linux-wlan-ng-firmware
package that shipped a script that when run, downloaded firmware files
and created a new debian package, which the user could then transfer
to any computer the way he liked. That would the technically superior
solution here also (adding the converting part), but this is such a
corner case I wouldn't care about it unless a real need was present.

Cheers,
Tormod