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Bug#607191: [PATCH] What's new: add a blurb about firmware moved to non-free



On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 19:33:33 +0000, Adam D. Barratt wrote:

> Hmmm, that wording could suggest (or at least suggested to me on my
> first reading of it) that the firmware will only be automatically loaded
> on installation.
> 
> Maybe "If such firmware packages supporting hardware in the system are
> installed, the firmware will be loaded automatically when required." ?
> (although I'm not 100% happy with that wording either, tbh, I was mainly
> trying to avoid saying "packages supporting installed hardware are
> installed")
> 
Maybe "If such firmware packages are installed, the firmware will be
loaded automatically when required."?  If there's no relevant hw in the
system, the "when required" part won't apply anyway.

Cheers,
Julien

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