Re: Changing how we handle non-free firmware
On Mon, Aug 29, 2022 at 09:38:52PM +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote:
> Hi Kurt!
>
> On Sat, Aug 27, 2022 at 04:26:40PM +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote:
> >On Fri, Aug 19, 2022 at 11:26:51AM +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote:
> >> Hey Wouter!
> >>
> >> On Fri, Aug 19, 2022 at 12:19:55PM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote:
> >> >On Thu, Aug 18, 2022 at 08:58:21PM +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote:
> >> >> system will *also* be configured to use the non-free-firmware
> >> >> component by default in the apt sources.list file.
> >> >
> >> >What's the rationale for this one?
> >> >
> >> >I think it would make more sense to only configure the system to enable
> >> >the non-free-firmware component if the installer determines that
> >> >packages from that component are useful for the running system (or if
> >> >the user explicitly asked to do so).
> >>
> >> That's a fair point, my text was unclear here. Let's tweak it:
> >>
> >> "Where non-free firmware is found to be necessary, the target system
> >> will *also* be configured to use the non-free-firmware component by
> >> default in the apt sources.list file."
> >>
> >> Does that sound better?
> >
> >Is this something you want to adopt?
>
> Yes, I think it improves things.
So can you send a signed message saying that?
Kurt
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