Re: [GNU-linux-libre] is this work-group still serving the community?

2021-11-01 Thread bill-auger
On Mon, 1 Nov 2021 23:05:47 +0100 Sam wrote: > make a list of all modified/deleted packages. its much simpler than described in the previous post - starting with parabola's blacklist, most of the work is already done this is exactly the "blacklist rescue team" project proposed for the FSD a few y

Re: [GNU-linux-libre] linux ppc micropatch.c: why keep it?

2021-11-01 Thread Jeff Moe via gnu-linux-libre
On 8/22/21 3:27 AM, Alexandre Oliva wrote: When I got involved with Linux-libre back in 2008, a file named micropatch.c already existed in the Linux source tree, in arch/powerpc/sysdev/micropatch.c. It's now in arch/powerpc/platforms/8xx/micropatch.c. The initial version, added back in 2007, ha

Re: [GNU-linux-libre] is this work-group still serving the community?

2021-11-01 Thread Sam Geeraerts via gnu-linux-libre
On 1/11/2021 05:46, Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli wrote: Though I really like the idea of sharing the work between the distributions. The question would also be how to share it practically speaking. Back when (2012) I was pretty active on the non-FSDG wiki page I asked myself that same question and

Re: [GNU-linux-libre] is this work-group still serving the community?

2021-11-01 Thread Ivan Zaigralin
On 10/31/21 18:03, bill-auger wrote: rather than each distro repeating the same auditing work and deciding for itself what "libre" means; it would be more efficient if a collaborative team audited contentious software for all distros, and presented the results to the FSF for the final decision,