Hi Iain! On Fri, Aug 19, 2022 at 10:34:20AM +0100, Iain Lane wrote: >On Thu, Aug 18, 2022 at 08:58:21PM +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote: >> ================================= >> >> We will include non-free firmware packages from the >> "non-free-firmware" section of the Debian archive on our official >> media (installer images and live images). The included firmware >> binaries will *normally* be enabled by default where the system >> determines that they are required, but where possible we will include >> ways for users to disable this at boot (boot menu option, kernel >> command line etc.). >> >> When the installer/live system is running we will provide information >> to the user about what firmware has been loaded (both free and >> non-free), and we will also store that information on the target >> system such that users will be able to find it later. The target >> system will *also* be configured to use the non-free-firmware >> component by default in the apt sources.list file. Our users should >> receive security updates and important fixes to firmware binaries just >> like any other installed software. >> >> We will publish these images as official Debian media, replacing the >> current media sets that do not include non-free firmware packages. >> >> ================================= > >Seconded. > >As a potential tweak: > >The text says that we will include ways to disable this at *boot time*; >how about being explicit that we will provide ways to disable at >*installation time* too? Arguably this is implied by '[t]he target >system will *also* be configured to use the non-free-firmware component >_by default_ …' already but I think we could stand to be more concrete >about that.
Hmmm, maybe. To clarify: are you thinking about: * adding an option to not install the firmware while the installation happens; or * adding a (boot?) option to not load it once the new system is installed and booted ? I'm not sure the latter is much use, so I'm thinking you mean the former. I think we can do that (in expert mode / low-prio debconf question?) as part of what we're looking at, but I'm not 100% sure it necessarily has to be spelled out in this much detail in the GR? -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. [email protected] "You can't barbecue lettuce!" -- Ellie Crane
