Bug#1030009: www.debian.org: addition of non-free-firmware for bookworm and higher
Package: www.debian.org
Severity: important
Hi,
This was mentioned a few days ago on debian-project@ by Gunnar:
https://lists.debian.org/debian-project/2023/01/msg00018.html
but much work has happened since then, with debian-installer components
having been extended to leverage this new component. The next release
of the installer should happen within the next two weeks.
I'm also trying to get documentation ready, and you can read more about
it in two merge requests (freshly opened, not reviewed yet):
- https://salsa.debian.org/installer-team/installation-guide/-/merge_requests/23
- https://salsa.debian.org/ddp-team/release-notes/-/merge_requests/138
Unless you fancy reviewing what changed in the installer, I'd skip the
former and concentrate on the latter, which briefly explains why
non-free-firmware was added.
It's available for bookworm suites and above (might be for other suites,
but I don't expect packages to show there).
TL;DR:
- bullseye systems are likely to have a sources.list configured this
way:
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye main contrib non-free
- bullseye systems getting upgraded to bookworm should be modified with
the following configuration (to make sure non-free firmware packages
that might be installed have a chance to get upgraded):
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
- new bookworm systems are likely to be configured with either of
these (unless one picks an expert install, enabling contrib and/or
non-free explicitly):
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main non-free-firmware
There's also some related ongoing work, about adding some hints in apt
(linking back to the release notes), and about fixing command-not-found
in bullseye:
- https://salsa.debian.org/apt-team/apt/-/merge_requests/282
- https://bugs.debian.org/1029803
Cheers,
--
Cyril Brulebois (kibi@debian.org) <https://debamax.com/>
D-I release manager -- Release team member -- Freelance Consultant
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