Re: Non-free firmware [was: Debian install Question]
On Wed 03 Mar 2021 at 10:27:42 -0500, rhkramer@gmail.com wrote:
> On Tuesday, March 02, 2021 06:29:15 PM Brian wrote:
> > On Tue 02 Mar 2021 at 16:19:45 -0500, rhkramer@gmail.com wrote:
> > > On Tuesday, March 02, 2021 02:55:08 PM Brian wrote:
> > > > On Mon 01 Mar 2021 at 08:13:13 -0500, rhkramer@gmail.com wrote:
>
> > > No. Providing a reasonable explanatory text about why some other
> > > installer may be required and a link to a place where you can find one
> > > or more.
> >
> > My installer is aimed at users with an adapter that uses the p54usb
> > driver. It requires firmware that needs to be extracted from the device
> > and there aren't any such files in the non-free archive. I imagine there
> > are other similar devices.
> >
> > I can easlily provide explanatory text about why my installer is needed
> > and why it would benefit users. Would it be ok to have it in unofficial
> > as a non-Debian installer?
> >
> > Just a thought!
>
> If you're asking me specifically, I'll say fine with me, as long as there is
> something on the official installer page that reasonably "nicely" explains that
> some people may require an unofficial installer, and a little bit about why, and
> points to a page that leads that person to a variety of installers that might
> fill her needs.
>
> Others may have additional (or different) thoughts.
There are at least half a dozen www.debian.org pages that point to a
non-Debian installation image. Andrei POPESCU has given one route:
https://www.debian.org/distrib/
What's the problem?
--
Brian.
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