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Bug#859066: linux-image-*: recommend firmware-ath9k-htc

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Am 31.03.2017 um 15:26 schrieb Ben Hutchings:
> On Fri, 2017-03-31 at 08:15 +0300, Paul Fertser wrote:
>> On Thu, Mar 30, 2017 at 10:04:24PM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote:
>>> On Thu, 2017-03-30 at 09:22 +0800, Paul Wise wrote:
>>>> Source: linux
>>>> Version: 4.10~rc6-1~exp1
>>>> Severity: wishlist
>>>> X-Debbugs-CC: open-ath9k-htc-firmware@packages.debian.org
>>>>
>>>> Now that open-ath9k-htc-firmware has been accepted into Debian
>>>> unstable, please add "Recommends: firmware-ath9k-htc" to the
>>>> metadata for the linux-image-* packages in Debian experimental.
>>
>> Not many linux-image-* users have ath9k-htc hardware so I do not see
>> how this recommendation can make sense here.
> 
> This is also true for most of the devices supported by firmware-linux-
> free, but it's small so it shouldn't hurt.
> 
>> The package should have provided appropriate AppStream metainformation
>> so Debian should be able to suggest installing it when the device is
>> plugged in for the first time.
> 
> Unfortunately I don't think we have all the infrastructure in place for
> that yet.
> 
>>> As this firmware has gone through at least one ABI bump, I think we
>>> need to plan for a future ABI bump.
>>
>> So far the idea was to upload a package named firmware-ath9k-htc-1.5.0
>> after the next ABI bump. There's no reason why
>> firmware-ath9k-htc-1.5.0 shouldn't be able to co-exist on the same
>> system with e.g. firmware-ath9k-htc-1.6.0, as the user should be able
>> to choose different kernel versions on boot, and hence different
>> firmware versions will be appropriate.
>>
>>> Therefore:
>>> - You should not name the files as simply '1.dev.0' versions, but by
>>>   the implemented ABI version (as the driver expects by default).
>>
>> The code that's currently packaged is definitely not 1.4.0 code, it
>> got some non-trivial changes (not affecting ABI though) after the
>> 1.4.0 was released. So naming an intermediate version in any way other
>> than 1.dev.0 would only add to the confusion IMHO.
> 
> So install your files with the real version number and make a symlink
> with the '1.4.0' name.

I don't think it makes any sense. Why should we symlink some thing
different/not_stable to file name of stable firmware?
Especially if we have 1.dev.0?
firmware-ath9k-htc package should and can provide any latest possible
version of firmware form git. All possible distribution patches are
welcome as well.
firmware-ath9k-htc-v1.5 should provide stable version without any
chanes. This is needed to make sure suers are able to fall back to
working version of firmware even if firmware-ath9k-htc will brake
connection.


-- 
Regards,
Oleksij

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Bug#859066: linux-image-*: recommend firmware-ath9k-htc Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org> - 2017-03-30 03:30 +0200
  Bug#859066: linux-image-*: recommend firmware-ath9k-htc Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2017-03-30 23:10 +0200
    Bug#859066: linux-image-*: recommend firmware-ath9k-htc Paul Fertser <fercerpav@gmail.com> - 2017-03-31 07:20 +0200
      Bug#859066: linux-image-*: recommend firmware-ath9k-htc Oleksij Rempel <linux@rempel-privat.de> - 2017-03-31 08:00 +0200
      Bug#859066: linux-image-*: recommend firmware-ath9k-htc Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2017-03-31 15:40 +0200
        Bug#859066: linux-image-*: recommend firmware-ath9k-htc Oleksij Rempel <linux@rempel-privat.de> - 2017-03-31 19:00 +0200
          Bug#859066: linux-image-*: recommend firmware-ath9k-htc Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2017-03-31 19:30 +0200
            Bug#859066: linux-image-*: recommend firmware-ath9k-htc Oleksij Rempel <linux@rempel-privat.de> - 2017-03-31 19:50 +0200
              Bug#859066: linux-image-*: recommend firmware-ath9k-htc Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2017-03-31 21:10 +0200
  Processed: Re: Bug#859066: linux-image-*: recommend  firmware-ath9k-htc owner@bugs.debian.org (Debian Bug Tracking System) - 2017-03-30 23:10 +0200

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