On Sun, 18 Dec 2022 01:42:14 +0100 Denis wrote: > Since that nonfree > software will not be removed anymore, we won't be able to use the newer > tarballs. > > I'm already in discussion with other people to continue a libre > version of Libreboot.
that could be a mksource PKGBUILD - parabola could provide a pre-cleaned source-ball; but those patches would be carried and maintained forever, so that solution is essentially soft-forking libreboot > for some of the boards it supported before like the KGPE D16. ok, now i am more convinced that the new libreboot direction is not well aligned with parabola - AFAIK, the D8 and D16 are the only powerful servers which can boot the original no-blobs libreboot; and these are libreboot's only significant targets besides thinkpads - if such important targets are no longer supported, i would be inclined to put the entire project into maintenance-mode, rather than shifting the meaning of "libre" to accommodate the ever-worsening lost cause that is x86 - does libreboot support any other than x86? - maybe it's day has passed, and it is just not needed any more put another way, it just seems that x86 precludes "moving forward" in a libre direction - to me, "moving forward" means looking away from x86 toward ARM, RISCV, and POWER9 - at least those arches are trending toward libre-friendly, rather than away _______________________________________________ Dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.parabola.nu/mailman/listinfo/dev
