Additionally,
I've just checked the DVDs of 12.1.0 and 11.6.0, and it looks like all the
DVDs of 12.1.0 are labeled like the following:
`Debian GNU/Linux 12.1.0 _Bookworm_ - Official amd64 DVD Binary-{X} with
firmware 20230722-10:49`, where X is the DVD number.
---
However, the releases of 11.6.0 are labeled as the following:
`Debian GNU/Linux 11.6.0 _Bullseye_ - Official amd64 DVD Binary-{X}
20221217-10:40`, where X is the DVD number.
Notice how there is no string "with firmware" in these labels.
At the same time, when looking at a community version of 11.6.0 DVD, which
contains non-free firmware, that's exactly how it's labeled:
`Debian GNU/Linux 11.6.0 _Bullseye_ - Unofficial amd64 DVD Binary-1 with
firmware 20221217-10:46`.
Notice that the string "with firmware" is present in the label of the DVD
with non-free firmware.
---
I'm still trying to understand what that's supposed to mean.
Are you `Officially` non-free software now, or is it some insider attack
trying to compromise your integrity?
Do you have an `Official` way to de-poison your release, and if so, is it
published as a document?
Regards, John.
On Sun, Aug 27, 2023 at 4:12 PM Birzhan Amirov <john.amirov...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hello Debian CD Images team.
>
> I decided to switch to the latest version (12.1.0), and encountered the
> following issues:
>
> 1) Looks like this DVD image:
> https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/amd64/iso-dvd/
>
> https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/amd64/iso-dvd/debian-12.1.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso
> which is supposed to be Free Software only, actually contains 3rd party
> non-free firmware.
> The way I discovered it was that my 6th gen Lenovo ThinkPad x1 carbon wifi
> card started working, while with 11.6 and prior it didn't have the firmware
> and was disabled because of that.
>
> This image is labeled as
> "Debian GNU/Linux 12.1.0 _Bookworm_ - Official amd64 DVD Binary-1 with
> firmware 20230722-10:49".
> Was there some kind of mistake when publishing the images?
>
> 2) Also, when I tried to download this disk [DVD-1] using jigdo, I ended
> up getting an image of the first disk that wasn't bootable.
>
> Thanks and Regards, John Amirov.
>
