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Re: New section for firmware.



Johannes Wiedersich <jowi@ph.tum.de> wrote: [...]
> The suggestion is to add a debconf question to each installation from
> that 'firmware section'. This will honestly point out to users that they
> are about to install non-free stuff which is not part of debian proper [1].

I like this suggestion.

> Now the question:
> Would this section not be better called 'sourceless'? [...]

In the context of the current proposal, I would call it something like
'sourceless-uploads' to try to make it clear it is for firmware that
is uploaded to some subprocessor and not run by the debian processor.

Generally, I think the firmware area is a step forwards in helping
more people to visualise the size of the problem/task.

Hope that helps,
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MJR/slef
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