On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 10:15:15PM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: > > While I think it would be reasonable to include sourceless firmware on our > CDs and DVDs, I don't think this is actually a very good solution to the > problem we face: > > - if they're included on the official "Debian" images, they need to meet > Debian's definition of "free".
The point of the proposal it to change things so that can be on the official images. > - if the firmware are considered "free", then they can live in main. Right, it's only for things we consider non-free. I would even expect some firmware to stay in non-free. > - if the images the firmware is included on aren't Debian images, then there > will (presumably) still be demand for pure Debian images, and we don't > need to add a new archive section in order to include non-Debian stuff on > the images Do you think there will still be a demand for them if d-i asks about using that new section? > Having two sets of images doesn't make sense to me; the CD team have already > posted publically this cycle about the infrastructure challenges involved > with publishing those images that they already have to accomodate, doubling > the image count doesn't sound feasible, IMHO. Doubling the image count seems to be the only way to do it now, and that's what I want to avoid. Kurt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
