Bug#939798: floppy support in d-i
Control: severity -1 wishlist
John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de> wrote:
> On 11/3/19 11:19 PM, Holger Wansing wrote:
> >> Since no new arguments (pro or contra floppy support in d-i) were given, I
> >> suppose it looks like we will keep the status quo and therefore close the
> >> related bugs.
> >
> > To get this to an end, I will:
> >
> > - simplify related templates, to remove the mention of "floppy support" from
> > dialogs, as mentioned in the proposed patches in
> > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=880122#5
> > and
> > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=939799#5;
> > - but keep the code unchanged, so that floppy support is still available for
> > those, who still need/use it.
> >
> > This should minimize the chance, that people get irritated/frustrated by
> > reading of "floppy support in 2020", but keep the possibility to use floppy
> > capabilities if needed.
> >
> > I think this is a good compromise, which should satisfy all.
> I disagree. It's a really weak argument. Are you really saying that people
> are getting frustrated because they are reading the word "floppy"? That
> doesn't make any sense at all.
>
> I would understand the argument that the code would create additional maintenance
> burden but that's not the case, so it seems we are fabricating arguments here
> just to justify some sort of change.
>
> Please do not remove documentation if a feature is still there just for the
> sake of making a change. And if some people are offended by the word "floppy",
> so be it.
>
> Debian is supposed to be a universal system and that includes universal
> hardware support.
Dropping to wishlist
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Holger Wansing <hwansing@mailbox.org>
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