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Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it?



On 2022-04-19 22:51:59 +0200 (+0200), Bastian Blank wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 19, 2022 at 12:17:06PM +0000, Jeremy Stanley wrote:
> > It's probably what you meant, but just to be clear, as a user I'd
> > also want to know which of the firmware packages used/installed were
> > pulled from non-free and what devices prompted their addition.
> > Something like "The following packages do not meet Debian Free
> > Software Guidelines but were installed because they're necessary in
> > order to enable or secure some of your hardware: foo(CPUX21
> > processor microcode), bar(PM2743 power management controller),
> > baz(RF17G wireless interface), ..."
> 
> Why?  Don't you want to use your devices?  And will you also remove the
> flash chips for the ones that contain a backed in firmware (aka all of
> them)?

You conveniently snipped the four detailed reasons I gave,
presumably in order to draw me into your pointless reductio ad
absurdum exercise. No thank you.
-- 
Jeremy Stanley

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