On Fri, Dec 01, 2017 at 01:53:22PM +0000, Ian Jackson wrote: > > > I would like to establish a way to prevent this. (There are even > > > whole Debian derivatives who have as one of their primary goals, > > > preventing this. > > > > No, those derivatives are damage. While their hearts are in the right > > place, they cause data loss and security holes by at least making people on > > Intel and AMD machines use known-buggy microcode. > > I think it's very rude to call something damage just because you > disagree with someone's political stance with respect to the software > they un on their own computer. Adam spoke about derivative users, not derivative developers, though. > Also, if you care so much about this you should probably worry about > Debian's current default approach to microcode. We do. But it will require a GR and a flamewar to fix things, most likely. > > The biggest reason for me > > Debian ought to be a good upstream for everyone, not just "me" > (whoever me is). Our users are declared our priority, our downstreams aren't. -- WBR, wRAR
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