Thanks Gunnar, I'm happy that somebody has suggested another option for a ballot! On Mon, Aug 22, 2022 at 12:32:54PM -0500, Gunnar Wolf wrote: >I hereby propose the following alternative text to Steve's original >proposal. > >I'm only suggesting to modify the third paragraph, offering to produce >two sets of images (fully-free and with-non-free-firmware), being the >later more prominent. > >================================= > >We will include non-free firmware packages from the >"non-free-firmware" section of the Debian archive on our official >media (installer images and live images). The included firmware >binaries will *normally* be enabled by default where the system >determines that they are required, but where possible we will include >ways for users to disable this at boot (boot menu option, kernel >command line etc.). > >When the installer/live system is running we will provide information >to the user about what firmware has been loaded (both free and >non-free), and we will also store that information on the target >system such that users will be able to find it later. The target >system will *also* be configured to use the non-free-firmware >component by default in the apt sources.list file. Our users should >receive security updates and important fixes to firmware binaries just >like any other installed software. > >While we will publish these images as official Debian media, they will >*not* replace the current media sets that do not include non-free >firmware packages, but offered alongside. Images that do include >non-free firmware will be presented more prominently, so that >newcomers will find them more easily; fully-free images will not be >hidden away; they will be linked from the same project pages, but with >less visual priority. > >================================= Seconded. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. steve@einval.com Welcome my son, welcome to the machine.
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