Thank you for your reminder to update "Debian Reference". > > With the non-free-firmware changes, the text in §2.1.5 seems to need > an update. It reads like this: ... > > But the first and third points are no longer true? So it seems these > do not work as reasons to explain why Debian is %100 free software. > > I think some other non-free references need to be updated or > non-free-firmware added to the «contrib, non-free» lists. One such > example is the reference to «non-free/kernel».
I agree this eventually needs to be update. For upcoming bookworm release, I think it is premature to update §2.1.5 and I have only updated technical side of this change at: "Table 2.3. List of Debian archive area". https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch02.en.html#listofdebianarchivearea This is something I can do as recording facts. So I did it. I didn't invent the section §2.1.5. It is from Debian web page. Reasons to use Debian / why_debian https://www.debian.org/intro/why_debian So this why_debian page needs to be updated first. But in order to update this why_debian page properly, I think we need to wait SC change. (I CC debian-www@d.o ML) What has happened is "General Resolution: non-free firmware" is decided as "Choice 5: Change SC for non-free firmware in installer, one installer". https://www.debian.org/vote/2022/vote_003#textf https://www.debian.org/vote/2022/vote_003#outcome No agreement has been reached on SC text since that is the next planned action. Once the new SC text is accepted, I will update this §2.1.5 following why_debian page on www.debian.org. Please bug me when the situation over this issue matures. I will keep this as an open bug for now. Regards, Osamu