Re: Firmware & Social Contract: GR proposal
MJ Ray <mjr@phonecoop.coop> wrote:
> Anthony Towns <aj@azure.humbug.org.au>
>> Since it appears Debian has to make a choice, which would you=20
>> prefer we do for etch? (197 votes) [1]
>> Allow sourceless firmware in main 63%
>> Delay the release of etch (so that we can support 18%
>> loading firmware from non-free)
>> Drop support for hardware which requires sourceless 17%
>> firmware
>
> As far as I can see, those choices are not orthogonal.
>
>> Developer only poll: (83 votes) [2]
>> Option 1 Release etch on time
>> Option 3 Support hardware that requires sourceless firmware
>> Option 2 Do not ship sourceless firmware in main
>> Option 4 None of the above
>
> ...and nor are these.
Ah, right, I forgot: neither orthogonal nor contradicting, just mingled
up. One more reason why I didn't vote. Technically, we can still
manage to meet Options 1 to 3 of the DD-only poll, although it's highly
unlikely. Options 1 and 3 in the first poll can be read with a "for
etch only" attached or without, making them either o
Regards, Frank
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Frank Küster
Single Molecule Spectroscopy, Protein Folding @ Inst. f. Biochemie, Univ. Zürich
Debian Developer (teTeX/TeXLive)
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