Re: Simplify installation of non-free?
"Ben Goodger" <goodgerster@gmail.com> writes:
> On 09/08/07, Don Armstrong <don@debian.org> wrote:
> > The objection is making it a priority over supporting free drivers
> > or diverting people working on supporting vendors who provide DFSG
> > free drivers by making it a distribution wide priority.
>
> The free drivers are perfectly well supported as they are, and are
> excellently maintained by a vast number of talented people from many
> projects. The non-free ones are god-awful as a simple result of them
> being closed source, and their installation and use can be
> calamatous for many, and hence they require special coddling,
> methinks....
None of this is an argument for making non-free software any kind of
priority for the Debian project. It merely highlights the situation
non-free developers and users have chosen for themselves.
If any person wants to spend their efforts to work on particular
software, the Debian project should not throw obstacles in their way,
but asking the Debian project to actively help is going too far.
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Ben Finney
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