would it make sense to split this package?

Asked by Karl

I observe that frequently I am forced to download a new version of this huge and constantly growing package (99MB download by now) for what are likely very small added or modified files.
I realize that being bandwidth efficient is not a design goal in the Ubuntu updating mechanism, but still I wonder whether the impact could be reduced by splitting the firmware package in multiple smaller packages by some suitable criteria (e.g. cpu, graphics, network, multimedia, other; or maybe to allow for multifunctional chips better by major vendor, like e.g. nvidia, amd, intel, netronome, qcom, other)?
Many thanks in advance for your answer.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
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I suggest you report a bug. Mark it as a feature request

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Jason Mitchell (jasonjamesmitchell) said :
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If you want just a 'you' fix, you could maintain your own firmware, you can clone the firmware repo off of kernel.org or the google mirror, and pull in what you need from there, and only update what changes.

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