----- "Robert Millan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Or rather, I propose the following alternative which incorporates Manoj's > rewritten #2 (in addition to removing the last sentence in #4): > > Option 2 (allow Lenny to release with propietary firmware) > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > 1. We affirm that our Priorities are our users and the free software > community (Social Contract #4); > > 2. We acknowledge that there is a lot of progress in the kernel firmware > issue; most of the issues that were outstanding at the time of the > last stable release have been sorted out. However, new issues in the > kernel sources have cropped up fairly recently, and these new issues > have not yet been addressed. > > 3. We assure the community that there will be no regressions in the > progress > made for freedom in the kernel distributed by Debian relative to the > Etch > release in Lenny > > 4. We give priority to the timely release of Lenny over sorting every bit > out; for this reason, we will treat removal of sourceless firmware as a > best-effort process, and deliver firmware in udebs as long as it is > necessary for installation (like all udebs), and firmware included in > the kernel itself as part of Debian Lenny, as long as we are legally > allowed to do so. > > (Since this option overrides the SC, I believe it would require 3:1 > majority)
This seems rational and pragmatic. I second this proposal. -- Ean Schuessler, CTO Brainfood.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.brainfood.com - 214-720-0700 x 315 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
