Bart Martens <bartm@knars.be> writes: > Yes, let's do that, thanks. So here is the adapted proposal C: > > ================================= > > The Debian project is permitted to make distribution media (installer images > and live images) containing non-free software from 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. > > ================================= Seconded. > The modification: > Old: containing packages from the non-free section of the Debian archive > New: containing non-free software from the Debian archive > > The old phrase was misunderstood as if this proposal would be opposing the > addition of a new section named non-free-firmware. The new phrase better > reflects that software in section non-free-firmware is also covered. > > Then why not simply mention section non-free-firmware? Well, this proposal is > meant to be more future proof. This proposal is applicable to an installer > using the non-free-firmware section, and also to the existing non-free > installer. And to any future designs of non-free installers. > > My subjective comparison of the available proposals so far: > > - Proposal A replaces the free installer by one containing non-free firmware. > - Proposal B gives the free installer less visibility than the non-free one. > - Proposal C keeps the free installer and no longer hides the non-free ones. > - Proposal D would be equivalent to NOTA in my understanding. I see C, D and NOTA as equivalent. I think the term "hidden" is as helpful to the discussion as talking about "official" images. The terms confuse things rather than clarify. I believe that anything the Debian project publishes is official and also not hidden. Perhaps the only useful use of "hidden" is when talking about security advisories or patches under embargo. I also believe that what the Debian project publish is a superset of what makes up the Debian system. What we mean is probably that the non-free images are hard to find today, but that's just cosmetics as far as I am concerned. I find ANY non-x86 installer image hard to find and "hidden" on the current www.debian.org web page. /Simon
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