On Thu, Aug 31, 2006 at 12:48:35AM -0400, Nathanael Nerode wrote: > Actually, this is what is wrong with the polls at the debian user forums > which AJ pointed people to. Etch can release on time either free (with > less hardware support) or non-free (with more hardware support). > Making "Release etch on time" top priority doesn't really answer the > question of what to do.
No, it doesn't, which is why there's a second poll on what should actually
be done:
http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?p=31128
The results are currently:
] Since it appears Debian has to make a choice, which would you prefer we
] do for etch?
]
] 108 / 64% - Allow sourceless firmware in main
] 31 / 18% - Delay the release of etch
] (so that we can support loading firmware from non-free)
] 29 / 17% - Drop support for hardware which requires sourceless
firmware
I don't know that 170 or so votes is that impressive, given what I'd
estimate as the total number of Debian users.
It's also worth noting there are a few comments along the lines:
] I've voted to allow the firmware in main, but I also want to add
] the remark that I hope the modifications to the debian installer
] will be high on the priority list for the next debian release.
Cheers,
aj
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