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Re: [PROPOSAL] Postpone the etch release until all firmware issues are solved.



On Thu, Oct 05, 2006, Neil McGovern wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 05, 2006 at 11:07:20PM +0200, Frederik Schueler wrote:
> > > === START OF PROPOSAL ===
> > > The debian project resolves that :
> > > 
> > >   1) We recognizes that there are many uncleared issues with the
> > >   current binary firmware files in linux kernel.
> > > 
> > >   2) We will not ship a kernel package with such problematic licensing issues
> > >   as part of a stable release.
> > > 
> > >   3) We will delay the debian/etch release until all these issues are sorted,
> > >   and we can ship a linux kernel package without any problematic licensing
> > >   issues
> > > ===  END OF PROPOSAL  ===
> 
> Simply to get the option on the ballot, I hereby second the above proposal.

   Regardless of the popularity of such a choice, I too would find it
fair to have a "we will delay etch" option and am therefore seconding
the proposal.

Sam.
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