> > We have traditionally ignored boot loaders because they're outside > > our scope. The reason they're outside our scope is not because we don't > > treat them as software but that we can't take control of a system without > > using a boot loader.
On Thu, Oct 28, 2004 at 04:33:39PM +0200, Andreas Barth wrote: > Ah, and the different to firmware is? I was considering to support > removal of firmware from main, but your reason changes my mind. Those boot loaders are not in main. That said, it's probably also worth noting that there are a number of issues people are discussing here -- some people might even consider the "non-free firmware in main" as a strawman with respect to their issues. -- Raul
