Bug#360539: [Pkg-mythtv-maintainers] bugs.debian.org forwarding the pkg-mythtv-maintainers list

[Josh Triplett]

Mark Purcell wrote:
> On Monday 03 April 2006 18:29, Ian Campbell wrote:
>> I also see that I have my first bug
>> report :-( http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=360539 "Must
>> go to contrib: requires non-free (and non-distributable) firmware"
>>
>> The logs say it was forwarded to the list (it's registered as the
>> maintainer address) but I never received it via the list and it isn't in
>> the archives. Does the BTS need to be whitelisted or similar?
> 
> You are correct.  The list at present is pretty much setup to hold everything 
> it doesn't know about.  I can whitelist bugs..

I did indeed receive an "awaits moderator approval" message after
submitting the bugreport.  Please do whitelist bugs so that submitters
don't receive such a message.

(Unfortunately, the BTS itself tends to get spammed, but I don't know
any way to avoid that.)

>> On the subject of the bug report, I know there is some controversy about
>> firmware in main etc but I haven't really been following so I don't know
>> if the project has reached a consensus about what is to be done. Does
>> anyone know or have any pointers? I don't know that the decision is as
>> clear cut as the bug suggests and I don't want move stuff around
>> unnecessarily.
>>
>> (FWIW I don't have an opinion myself on where firmware requiring
>> packages should go, I'll follow the project's policies/guidelines).
> 
> Well there are some packages, which have firmware dependencies which are in 
> main. But generally that is because they have utility without the firmware.

Right.  As I understand it, some such packages go in main because they
drive various hardware, only some of which requires proprietary
firmware; other such packages go in main because they form only a small
part of the kernel in main, and thus the entire kernel doesn't need the
proprietary firmware.  I don't think ivtv falls into either of those
categories: as far as I can tell, all ivtv-supported cards require
firmware images, so the package doesn't serve any function at all
without the firmware.

- Josh Triplett

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