Re: Changing how we handle non-free firmware
On Thu, Aug 25, 2022 at 08:18:55AM -0700, Ross Vandegrift wrote:
> Hi Bart,
>
> On Wed, Aug 24, 2022 at 10:12:48AM +0200, Bart Martens wrote:
> > The Debian project is permitted to make distribution media (installer images
> > and live images) containing packages from the non-free section of the Debian
> > archive available for download alongside with the free media in a way that the
> > user is informed before downloading which media are the free ones.
>
> Do you mean that official or unofficial media can contain packages from
> non-free?
>
> If you mean official media, this is more radical than Steve's proposal.
> It would permit arbitrary non-free packages as long as users were
> informed.
>
> If you mean unofficial media - that's the status quo. In which case,
> this option is the same as Simon's and none of the above.
>
> Ross
>
/packages from the non-free *firmware* section/
This is _only_ firmware and not arbitrary non-free packages. It's not drivers
per se.
The "official" and "unofficial" media are currently prepared by the same
team on the same machines. The "unofficial" media contains non-free firmware
(and drivers of all sorts, potentially, that go wider than firmware).
IMHO, they're both official - one is free + free firmware, one is free+non-free
firmware.
Steve's proposal is strictly limited to firmware, here, and there is a
separate non-free firmware portion of the archive that was created at
Debconf22 in Pristina.
All best, as ever,
Andy Cater
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