Bug#1033921: debian-installer: Weekly build of d-i fails to find ipw2x00 firmware package
On Tue, 4 Apr 2023 07:57:34 +0200
Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> wrote:
> On 04/04/2023 at 01:46, Cyril Brulebois wrote:
> >
> > Everything seems to be working as intended…
>
> Yes. The package is found but rejected because of licence issue. This
> is the expected effect of "Fix files removal for non-accepted
> firmware packages (#1032377)", although it might be seen by users as
> a regression.
I agree, it is a regression, and silently eliding over the problem is
an unacceptable way to handle it. I believe that this approach
contravenes the spirit if not the letter of the vote to include
proprietary blobs in the Debian Installer.
It used to be possible to accept the license, use the firmware, and
continue. That should now be the approach.
>
> > Arguably check-missing-firmware could be more verbose about what
> > happens around license accepting.
>
> Yes, at the least.
Agreed.
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