[pkg-wpa-devel] Debian 2.6.32 CONFIG_WIRELESS_OLD_REGULATORY, wireless-regdb and crda

Luis R. Rodriguez mcgrof at gmail.com
Thu Feb 18 18:36:45 UTC 2010


On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 10:14 AM, John W. Linville
<linville at tuxdriver.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 09:19:06AM -0800, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
>> On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 11:10 PM, Paul Wise <pabs at debian.org> wrote:
>
>> > I don't really like that it merges the two packages. I don't think that
>> > is appropriate unless upstream is going to do the same.
>>
>> Upstream does not do the same. Ubuntu packages these two together
>> right now but it was because it made life easier for packaging.
>>
>> John, do you guys package wireless-regdb and crda together on Fedora
>> land? Was this because of the dynamic key building per package? If so
>> what is the restriction on using two packages?
>
> Fedora packages them together due to the dynamic keys.  I have a
> (low priority) TODO to investigate separating them now that keys can
> be installed separately.

Thanks John. So -- not sure if Kel will have time to split these, I
gather he is still pretty busy with his move. Paul, is this a
requirement for inclusion? If so we'll need to request for some help.

  Luis



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