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[bug#49649,v2,4/4] gnu: crda: Describe it as obsolete.

Message ID 20211225184438.9488-1-brice@waegenei.re
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Series [bug#49649] gnu: Add regulatory.db in %base-firmware. | expand

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Brice Waegeneire Dec. 25, 2021, 6:44 p.m. UTC
* gnu/packages/linux.scm (crda)[description]: Describe the package as
  obsolete.
---
 gnu/packages/linux.scm | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

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Leo Famulari Dec. 25, 2021, 9:13 p.m. UTC | #1
On Sat, Dec 25, 2021 at 07:44:38PM +0100, Brice Waegeneire wrote:
> * gnu/packages/linux.scm (crda)[description]: Describe the package as
>   obsolete.

[...}  

> +;; NOTE Remove 'crda' package when 'linux-libre' 4.14 won't be packaged
> +;; anymore.

To clarify, this refers to 4.14 and older, not just 4.14, right?

We have about 2 more years, unless we choose to package the super
long-term support (SLTS) 4.4 series that is sponsored by the Civil
Infrastructure Platform:

https://www.kernel.org/category/releases.html
https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/civilinfrastructureplatform/start#kernel_maintainership
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diff --git a/gnu/packages/linux.scm b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
index a67eb607e4..40006a7465 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/linux.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
@@ -4198,6 +4198,8 @@  (define-public wireless-tools
     ;; other files are distributed under gpl2.
     (license (list license:gpl2 license:lgpl2.1+))))
 
+;; NOTE Remove 'crda' package when 'linux-libre' 4.14 won't be packaged
+;; anymore.
 (define-public crda
   (package
     (name "crda")
@@ -4281,7 +4283,8 @@  (define-public crda
     (description
      "The Central Regulatory Domain Agent (CRDA) acts as the udev helper for
 communication between the kernel Linux and user space for regulatory
-compliance.")
+compliance.  It is obsolete since Linux 4.15, as the wireless regulatory
+database is now managed by the kernel susbsystem cfg80211.")
     (license license:copyleft-next)))
 
 (define-public wireless-regdb