Re: Firmwares (was Re: Bits from the DPL)

2024-04-02 Thread Dmitry Baryshkov
On Mon, 1 Apr 2024 at 19:28, Vincent Bernat wrote: > > On 2024-04-01 18:05, Jonathan Carter wrote: > > The included firmware contributed to Debian 12 being a huge success, > > but it wasn't the only factor. > > Unfortunately, the shipped firmwares are now almost a year old, > including for

Re: Firmwares (was Re: Bits from the DPL)

2024-04-02 Thread Didier 'OdyX' Raboud
Le lundi, 1 avril 2024, 19.41:45 h CEST Andrey Rakhmatullin a écrit : > Why is updating the firmware packages not trivial? Is it because of > licensing issues? I always thought it's just copying a bunch of files from > the linux-firmware repo (but I also often wondered why is the package > often

Re: Firmwares (was Re: Bits from the DPL)

2024-04-02 Thread Gunnar Wolf
Andrey Rakhmatullin dijo [Mon, Apr 01, 2024 at 10:41:45PM +0500]: > Why is updating the firmware packages not trivial? Is it because of > licensing issues? I always thought it's just copying a bunch of files from > the linux-firmware repo (but I also often wondered why is the package > often not

Re: Firmwares (was Re: Bits from the DPL)

2024-04-01 Thread Andrey Rakhmatullin
On Mon, Apr 01, 2024 at 06:27:29PM +0200, Vincent Bernat wrote: > On 2024-04-01 18:05, Jonathan Carter wrote: > > The included firmware contributed to Debian 12 being a huge success, > > but it wasn't the only factor. > > Unfortunately, the shipped firmwares are now almost a year old, including >

Firmwares (was Re: Bits from the DPL)

2024-04-01 Thread Vincent Bernat
On 2024-04-01 18:05, Jonathan Carter wrote: The included firmware contributed to Debian 12 being a huge success, but it wasn't the only factor. Unfortunately, the shipped firmwares are now almost a year old, including for unstable. I am following the progress since quite a few years and I