Bastian Blank <waldi@debian.org> writes: > On Tue, Nov 25, 2025 at 12:30:33AM +0100, Simon Josefsson wrote: >> 2a) Is it "permitted" for a Debian Pure Blends to configure additional >> non-debian.org archives to fetch packages from? Is that what makes it >> a "non-Pure" Blend? > > Nope. This is no Debian anymore. Thanks, and just to clarify: adding a separate archive is not permitted for a Debian Blend either? That is, in a non-Pure 'Debian Blend'. >> 2b) Could linux-libre be added to Debian properly? I suppose some >> work to reduce duplication of kernel code would be required. Has >> including linux-libre been discussed before, and was there any >> conclusive outcome of that? > > Nope. Neither do we add multiple copies of the same source, nor is this > package security supportable by definition. I think that is a subjective statement. Debian ship the same source many times over already with all vendored code in the archive. Debian also ship packages that does not come with security support, e.g., most of the Rust/Go eco-systems. I hear your desire not to have more of that though (which I agree with). /Simon
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