Bug#607191: [PATCH] What's new: add a blurb about firmware moved to non-free
On Thu, 2010-12-30 at 21:02 +0100, Julien Cristau wrote:
> 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.
True. The "firmware" in "firmware packages" is also slightly redundant,
but meh. Your text, with or without that slight tweak, works for me;
thanks.
Regards,
Adam
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