[64studio-devel] [64 Studio] #385: Make bcm43xx-fwcutter an optional package

[Daniel James]

Hi Free,

> I'm not completely sure about this, I think the report we got lately
> about bcm43xx-fwcutter being broken was not actually related with
> bcm43xx-fwcutter.

It could simply have been that the third-party site was down. I just 
tried an:

$ wget http://boredklink.googlepages.com/wl_apsta.o

and it came back with a 404 Not Found. This package seems to rely on 
firmware stored on someone's personal homepage, which is not very robust.

> I've just installed a master of the i386 version and I did not notice
> anything wrong with bcm43xx-fwcutter.

Hmmm, do you have the package installed on that machine? Does it have 
the firmware downloaded? (Maybe later versions use a different firmware 
URL, or maybe your network was not active on that machine at that point 
in the install).

> If it doesn't hurt I would
> rather keep it, as it is a very small package and it saves a step to
> the user (search and install it).

True, but it can also break an upgrade, as in Nate's case. At least I 
think we should move it out of the base task and into the laptop task.

Cheers!

Daniel