-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 On 18.08.22 21:58, Steve McIntyre wrote: > So, I propose the following: > > ================================= > > We will include non-free firmware packages from the > "non-free-firmware" section of the Debian archive on our official > media (installer images and live images). The included firmware > binaries will *normally* be enabled by default where the system > determines that they are required, but where possible we will include > ways for users to disable this at boot (boot menu option, kernel > command line etc.). > > When the installer/live system is running we will provide information > to the user about what firmware has been loaded (both free and > non-free), and we will also store that information on the target > system such that users will be able to find it later. The target > system will *also* be configured to use the non-free-firmware > component by default in the apt sources.list file. Our users should > receive security updates and important fixes to firmware binaries just > like any other installed software. > > We will publish these images as official Debian media, replacing the > current media sets that do not include non-free firmware packages. > > =================================
Seconded. I'll also second the updated wording suggested by Steve in <[email protected]> > "Where non-free firmware is found to be necessary, the target system > will *also* be configured to use the non-free-firmware component by > default in the apt sources.list file." Kind regards and thanks Steve for finally pushing this through Philipp Kern -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEzBAEBCgAdFiEEPzuChCNsw7gPxr3/RG4lRTXQVuwFAmMAx58ACgkQRG4lRTXQ VuyYcwf7BNGysJ7UKEaWA56hfKmTJGv7Xi9jB+9zkRTsL/lNF9BQG81wW2TOQMQd AVewPUXXzHtQBT/z2gEI+0M00dOT1jOYIoryueFKd7V40F4JAUJFaWrNabQPvV6Q TjkxfYTPuoLbcSXlUtzp4DUJDh3rQj87EhfOdSSOdLcxnAkMCB9+4S4ETS3zjPFH rCtS4qhFZToZfAyFh4tdWV4FHtQMyjGcJBeO8KmXFUoyJPbRkY7pcuhp/ZS/Ywu+ 7nDhJp2T4ePApsrH8pvU4F0d6n8uzawuYMVDdTQeyW+Xjs+ZObqM9yfbvOBrF6Yc S5xs98XrsDRSptXrLG7DlZh0Ml8IbQ== =wd4R -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
