Re: Proposal: The DFSG do not require source code for data, including firmware

2006-08-27 Thread Nick Phillips
Manoj Srivastava wrote: Indeed, all the references I have found tell me that firmware is computer programs. Interesting, as I note that *none* of those you quoted do so -- although some do say that it is software that is stored in less-volatile storage than RAM. Given the scale

Re: dialectic

2006-08-27 Thread Adrian von Bidder
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Re: Rethinking stable updates policy

2006-08-27 Thread Martin Schulze
Martin Schulze wrote: Examples of things that should happen in stable, but haven't been happening reliably: * Kernel updates with more broad hardware support This requires new kernel packages, new utilities and a new installer. It a hell of an effort to get this done. Just look at

Re: Rethinking stable updates policy

2006-08-27 Thread Sven Luther
On Sun, Aug 27, 2006 at 08:48:03PM +0200, Martin Schulze wrote: Martin Schulze wrote: Examples of things that should happen in stable, but haven't been happening reliably: * Kernel updates with more broad hardware support This requires new kernel packages, new utilities and a

Re: dialectic

2006-08-27 Thread Hubert Chan
On Sun, 27 Aug 2006 13:27:24 +0200, Adrian von Bidder [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: On Sunday 27 August 2006 00:06, catharsis wrote: W a t c h   o u t! (same spam on 20 Deian lists) Isn't crossassassin supposed to catch these? They're all slightly different (e.g. strange sp a ci n g, slight