Re: [gentoo-dev] net-wireless/linux-wlan-ng scheduled for package.mask

2005-07-10 Thread Petteri Räty
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Henrik Brix Andersen wrote: > > If you have an (USB?) adapter, which works with linux-wlan-ng, but not > with orinoco-cvs, I would like to hear about that too. I have a Flybook with a Prism 3 usb adapter and I have been succesfully using linux-wlang-

Re: [gentoo-dev] net-wireless/linux-wlan-ng scheduled for package.mask

2005-07-08 Thread Mike Frysinger
On Friday 08 July 2005 02:16 pm, Chris Gianelloni wrote: > On Fri, 2005-07-08 at 19:31 +0200, Henrik Brix Andersen wrote: > > I've asked this on this mailing list before, I know :) > > I know. I just thought that maybe someone had given you a solution. thats because a solution doesnt exist for wh

Re: [gentoo-dev] net-wireless/linux-wlan-ng scheduled for package.mask

2005-07-08 Thread Chris Gianelloni
On Fri, 2005-07-08 at 19:31 +0200, Henrik Brix Andersen wrote: > On Fri, 2005-07-08 at 13:24 -0400, Chris Gianelloni wrote: > > There is not an orinoco-cvs ebuild that is marked stable, plus it is a > > live CVS ebuild, making it pretty unusable for a release. Is there a > > plan for this? > > Th

Re: [gentoo-dev] net-wireless/linux-wlan-ng scheduled for package.mask

2005-07-08 Thread Henrik Brix Andersen
On Fri, 2005-07-08 at 13:24 -0400, Chris Gianelloni wrote: > There is not an orinoco-cvs ebuild that is marked stable, plus it is a > live CVS ebuild, making it pretty unusable for a release. Is there a > plan for this? The current plan is to wait for a portage version, which supports a naming sc

Re: [gentoo-dev] net-wireless/linux-wlan-ng scheduled for package.mask

2005-07-08 Thread Chris Gianelloni
On Fri, 2005-07-08 at 18:32 +0200, Henrik Brix Andersen wrote: > * The same functionality is provided by net-wireless/hostap-driver > and/or net-wireless/orinoco-cvs (the latter especially for USB adapters) There is not an orinoco-cvs ebuild that is marked stable, plus it is a live CVS ebuild, mak

[gentoo-dev] net-wireless/linux-wlan-ng scheduled for package.mask

2005-07-08 Thread Henrik Brix Andersen
Hi, The net-wireless/linux-wlan-ng package, a driver for Prism2/2.5/3 based IEEE 802.11b wireless LAN cards, is scheduled for package.mask due to the following reasons: * The package is currently unmaintained * There are 9 open bugs for it * The same functionality is provided by net-wireless/host