Bug#354000: madwifi-source: Should only recommend module-assistant

[Julien Valroff]

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Le jeudi 23 février 2006 à 19:15 +1000, Kel Modderman a écrit :
> 90% of the time i also use kernel-package, not m-a, but that is not the 
> point. I believe m-a lays the best framework for the average user to 
> easily install a module.
I totally agree, but I think the best choice is to let the user choice
what he wants, with a default choice for non power users.

> >Regarding the documentation, maybe it would be good to insist on the
> >kernel-package method too.

> I would certainly enjoy receiving contributed documentation :-)

Good point ;-)
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> Ok, i see two alternatives:-
> 
> 1)
> Package: madwifi-source
> Architecture: all
> Depends: debhelper (>= 4.1.0), build-essential, module-assistant | 
> kernel-package, sharutils, bzip2
> 
> or
> 
> 2)
> Package: madwifi-source
> Architecture: all
> Depends: debhelper (>= 4.1.0), build-essential, module-assistant, 
> sharutils, bzip2
> Recommends: kernel-package
> 
> Which would you prefer? Would that be enough to satisfy your wish?

The first is the the best imo, as it really lets the user free not to
have m-a installed.

Cheers,
Julien