On Thu, 22 Jul 2010 15:30:36 +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote: > On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 04:25:34PM +0200, Alexander Reichle-Schmehl wrote: > >Hi! > > > >Am 22.07.2010 09:21, schrieb Josselin Mouette: > > > >>> I think with our next release, we will have got less users. Why? > >>> We stripped out all binary only firmware images from Linux and put them > >>> mostly into the non-free linux-firmware image. > >> If you think this is a problem, you could help with providing non-free > >> enabled installation images instead of whining. > > > >I might remember incorrectly, but isn't that already implemented? > > Yes. We have parallel versions of the netinst images that include > firmware packages.
That's a great start. However, Patrick is advocating images that autodetect and install drivers/packages for non-free hardware as well (not just firmware). That could probably be solved straightforwardly if someone were to just go ahead implement it; perhaps by someone already expressing interest in it??? BTW, where are the non-free images at? They don't appear to be available from cdimage.debian.org [0] or from the debian-installer page. Best wishes, Mike [0] http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/squeeze_di_alpha1/i386/iso-cd/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100722161315.47967e86.michael.s.gilb...@gmail.com
