Firmware GR result - what happens next?
Hi all!
[ I've also blogged about this - see
https://blog.einval.com/2022/10/02#firmware-vote-result ]
I'm assuming that there will be no surprises and Kurt will shortly
confirm the result that devotee reported already [1]. :-)
We have quite a few things to do now, ideally before the freeze for
Debian 12 (bookworm), due January 2023 [2]. This list of work items is
almost definitely not complete, and Cyril and I are aiming to get
together this week and do more detailed planning for the d-i
pieces. Off the top of my head I can think of the following:
* Update the SC with the new text, update the website.
* Check/add support for the non-free-firmware section in various
places:
+ d-i build
+ debian-cd
+ debmirror (?)
+ ftpsync (?)
+ Any others?
* Uploads of firmware packages targeting non-free-firmware.
* Extra d-i code to inform users about what firmware blobs have been
loaded and the matching non-free-firmware packages. Plus information
about the hardware involved. Maybe a new d-i module / udeb for this?
Exact details here still TBD. Probably the biggest individual piece
of work here.
* Tweaks to add the non-free-firmware section in the apt-setup module
if desired/needed.
* An extra boot option (a debconf variable) to disable loading extra
firmware automatically, then exposed as an extra option through the
isolinux and GRUB menus. d-i "expert mode" can also be used to tweak
this behaviour later, except (obviously) for things like audio
firmware that *must* be loaded early if they're going to be useful
at all.
* Update the image build scripts to include the n-f-f packages, only
build one type of image. I'll do my best to keep config and support
around too for images without n-f-f included, to make it easier to
still build those for people who still want them.
* Matching updates to docs, website, wiki etc.
* ...
If you think I've missed anything here, please let me and Cyril know -
the best place would be the mailing list
(debian-boot@lists.debian.org). If you'd like to help implement any of
these changes, that would be lovely too!
[1] https://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/2022/10/msg00000.html
[2] https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2022/03/msg00251.html
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