development tools and non-free drviers

[Dennis Kaarsemaker]

On do, 2006-01-19 at 10:37 -0800, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 05, 2006 at 01:14:24AM +0100, Dennis Kaarsemaker wrote:
> > On wo, 2006-01-04 at 14:08 -0800, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> > 
> > > One way to achieve the goal more simply would be to provide updated drivers
> > > in a separate repository which explicitly does not receive security support,
> > > allowing users to opt for the updated drivers if they are willing to accept
> > > the tradeoff.  The drivers could then be rolled into -security at a later
> > > date if they are believed to be appropriate for all users.
> > 
> > I am currently maintaining a repository for ATI (and madwifi) drivers,
> > including some meta packages to match kernel and fglrx driver versions.
> > ATI makes this very easy, their installer generates.deb packages and
> > works under fakeroot :)
> > 
> > Especially since only the post-breezy versions of fglrx support
> > hibernate, these drivers are quite popular.
> 
> Would it be possible to usen the -backports repository instead, by
> maintaining this as a package in dapper/universe?

I'd be happy to, but am not a MOTU/maintainer, plus the packages are a
bit icky since they are not built from an orig.tar.gz but using the ati
installer.

-- 
Dennis K.
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