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

From Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Newsgroups linux.debian.bugs.dist, linux.debian.kernel
Subject Bug#859066: linux-image-*: recommend firmware-ath9k-htc
Date 2017-03-31 21:10 +0200
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On Fri, 2017-03-31 at 19:40 +0200, Oleksij Rempel wrote:
> Am 31.03.2017 um 19:17 schrieb Ben Hutchings:
> > On Fri, 2017-03-31 at 18:52 +0200, Oleksij Rempel wrote:
> > [..]
> > > 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.
> > 
> > If this package is not going to provide a stable ABI then I'll consider
> > adding a Breaks instead.
> 
> I'm not sure what you mean.

Firmware filenames are supposed to indicate ABI versions.  Just like
shared library sonames.  Just like kernel module directory names.

You've told me that you're not going to do this.  So it sounds like the
kernel will need to have something like 'Breaks: firmware-ath9k-htc (>=
1.5~)'.

Ben.

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Ben Hutchings
To err is human; to really foul things up requires a computer.

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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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