Re: Firmware - what are we going to do about it
On Sun, 2022-04-24 at 00:23 +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote:
> Steven Robbins wrote:
> >
> > Luca Boccassi wrote:
> >
> > > Personally, I'd even go for option 4, so that other drivers are covered
> > > too (the general advice that can be found on the internet for users
> > > with nvidia hardware seems to be: "avoid Debian, go Ubuntu/Mint/etc",
> > > which is just a sad state of affairs). But option 5 is already a great
> > > improvement upon the status quo.
> >
> > Agree!
> >
> > The original post did mention video cards, but I'm left unsure whether the
> > non-free stuff in the NVidia case, for example, would fall into "firmware"
> > (hence included) or "drivers". If the latter, my sense is that Option 5 was
> > intended to be narrowly focused and exclude such drivers. I'd rather support
> > a wider focus that would include drivers -- basically any "non-free hardware
> > support package". So if Option 5 is narrow and Option 4 is wide-open "non-
> > free" maybe there's room for an option in between?
>
> I have no desire to add a wider set of packages from non-free onto our
> media, I'm afraid. I'm entirely focused on firmware and **not**
> drivers. As and when we start to draft a GR to formalise what the
> project wants, feel free to add an option for that too but I
> personally wouldn't expect it to gain much traction.
Fair enough - making the firmware situation better is definitely more
important and urgent, and worth doing by itself. Focusing on that
sounds like a good strategy. I do not intend to propose alternative
options.
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Kind regards,
Luca Boccassi
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