Hello, Debian world! [larval contributor delurking]
On 18 Jan 2021, at 11:29, Steve McIntyre <st...@einval.com> wrote: > > There's a major difference here - do we want Debian's *official* media > to include non-free stuff? We've had this discussion a few times, > including in person back at DC15 at least. Back then, the overwhelming > response was *no*. We can change that, but it's not something to do > lightly. > I might be reading this in, but I'm hearing this as asking "Debian's [one] official [install] media". That prompts reframing your question as "Does Debian want no Debian official install media to contain non-free stuff". If yes, then no installs happen on hardware requiring a non-free blob, and Debian knowingly loses potential install-base. (I wonder if we've data on how much this actually happens ....) If no, then have official "free-only" install-media and official "has non-free" install-media, available side-by-side. Suggest people use the former, and fall back to the latter if their hardware forces that. (I speculate that realizing this might require some sort of proposal and/or policy decision?) [relurking] Thanks for suffering with my lack of clarity! Joseph —— Joseph Beckenbach
