It's just because most of firmwares in the package don't have licence of sources, etc... and so, nobody wants to take the responsibily to package it, even in a restricted repository. At the moment, it is hosted and packaged by the Medibuntu project.
Toine -- Ubuntu is missing the alsa-firmware package https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/26294 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs