Bug#736381: developers-reference: add Steam subscriptions to the list of goodies offered to Debian Developers

[Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org>]

Hi,

On 23/01/2014 00:05, Paul Wise wrote:
> I have updated the patch to encourage Debian members to not install
> Steam on their Debian development machines. I think it is 
> reasonable for Debian members to install proprietary games on 
> machines they don't use for Debian development though.

I do not believe that policy has ever proscribed that a developer must
keep their development machine in one state or another, and I think it's
a bad idea to start doing so. For this reason I much prefer the first
version of the patch you submitted, personally.

> That said, I'm sure many of us already have non-free software on 
> our systems; pretty much anyone who uses amd64 for example has 
> fairly untrustworthy firmware somewhere on their system.

This is one reason that I don't think it's fair to start shaming people
who may wish to install steam or another non-free game/game system on
their machine. (we also should not suggest that someone cannot
contribute to Debian without more htan one physical machine in their
possession.)