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Bug#890601: Source Package Doesn't Contain Source

From	"Jason Self" <jason@bluehome.net>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.bugs.dist, linux.debian.kernel
Subject	Bug#890601: Source Package Doesn't Contain Source
Date	2018-02-16 17:00 +0100
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Package: firmware-linux-free
Version: 3.4

It appears that the source package for firmware-linux-free contains the 
firmware binaries downloaded from linux-firmware.git. Shouldn't a source 
package contain, you know, the source code? Especially as some of the 
firmwares are GPL-licensed, and Debian is shipping only the binaries.

In looking into other distros it seems that that most don't compile the 
firmware from source either. As a result people don't notice when the tools 
to do so break. For example: The as31 assembler needed to build the usbdux 
firmware currently segfaults. Reference bug #887320.

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Bug#890601: Source Package Doesn't Contain Source "Jason Self" <jason@bluehome.net> - 2018-02-16 17:00 +0100
  Bug#890601: firmware-free: Source Package Doesn't Contain Source Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> - 2018-02-16 19:00 +0100
    Bug#890601: firmware-free: Source Package Doesn't Contain Source "Jason Self" <jason@bluehome.net> - 2018-02-16 22:40 +0100
      Bug#890601: firmware-free: Source Package Doesn't Contain Source Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> - 2018-02-16 22:50 +0100

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