On Sat, Apr 23, 2022 at 10:48:03PM +0200, Paul van der Vlis wrote: > > > I have an idea for an extra option: > > > > > > 6. Put the closed source firmware somewhere in the Debian images, but never > > > install closed source firmware by default. "No" should be the default. > > That's the option 3 more or less. > > Option 3 says to publish two sets of images. > > ---- > 3. We could stop pretending that the non-free images are unofficial, and > maybe move them alongside the normal free images so they're published > together. This would make them easier to find for people that need them, but > is likely to cause users to question why we still make any images without > firmware if they're otherwise identical. > ---- If you want to drop the non-firmware image then it's the option 4 more or less. > And it says nothing about defaults. d-i defaults are mostly unrelated to the ISO set and the archive setup questions. You seem to want to add a yet another "free vs usable, with free as the default" question, which is not too bad, just yet another thing for most people to change. > > > to put "non-free" into sources.list should also be an non-default choice, > > > even when you install closed source firmware. > > No, that's a bad idea, which is one of the main reasons for the option 5. > > The idea is not to promote closed source firmware in any way. Have it > available, but only for the people who really want it. *shrug* that's just "have it available for most people" with extra complexity. And you seem to miss the problem with installing firmware packages but not enabling updates for them. -- WBR, wRAR
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