Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Additions to Software_blacklist

2009-08-14 Thread Karl Goetz
On Fri, 14 Aug 2009 10:25:23 +0200 Rubén Rodríguez Pérez ru...@gnu.org wrote: El vie, 14-08-2009 a las 14:10 +0930, Karl Goetz escribió: Hi all, The following software seems to be removed from gNS but not listed on the shared wiki page [1]. Due to my fsf login /not/ working to let me in,

[GNU-linux-libre] Freedom issues with non-free firmware in external files

2009-08-14 Thread Rubén Rodríguez Pérez
There is an ongoing discussion at the FSFLA and SolAR lists[1] to decide if the ability of the linux kernel to request non-free firmware should be removed or changed, if the whole drivers should be deleted, or if it is enough to remove the offending firmware files and discourage its use. As this

Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Additions to Software_blacklist

2009-08-14 Thread Sam Geeraerts
Karl Goetz schreef: == isdnutils == This source package contains multiple binaries, of which isdnactivecards is one. Not sure if this is relevant - I can't find a gNS bug about why it was removed to start with. There is no original bug report, but it came up again in an issue with Builder

Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Freedom issues with non-free firmware in external files

2009-08-14 Thread Diego Saravia
or only print info about what is missing? The vanilla kernel prints an error about the missing files if the request fails. For the case of non-free blobs, linux-libre now prints a /*DEBLOBBED*/ message, and the files are not actually requested. Ututo now also prints a special message. If a

Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Freedom issues with non-free firmware in external files

2009-08-14 Thread Rubén Rodríguez Pérez
El vie, 14-08-2009 a las 16:46 -0300, Diego Saravia escribió: or only print info about what is missing? The vanilla kernel prints an error about the missing files if the request fails. For the case of non-free blobs, linux-libre now prints a /*DEBLOBBED*/ message, and the files are not