On Fri, Aug 28, 2015 at 5:33 PM, Steve McIntyre wrote: > 1. Split up non-free? > ---------------------
I think this needs to be additional subsets of non-free rather than splitting up non-free, for backwards compatibility and other reasons. This is why I prefer non-free/firmware over non-free-firmware for naming these. > But: what's a good level of split? One per use-case probably? I can think of at least these possibilities based on a couple of my old blog posts: non-free/docs non-free/firmware non-free/drivers non-free/web non-free/comm non-free/formats non-free/apps http://bonedaddy.net/pabs3/log/2011/09/18/revisiting-personal-software-freedom/ http://bonedaddy.net/pabs3/log/2009/09/19/personal-software-freedom/ > 3. Advertise the "unofficial" firmware-included media better? > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > Yes. This seems reasonable depending on the wording of the explanatory text. > 5. Anything else we can do to improve the situation? > ---------------------------------------------------- win32-loader, di-netboot-assistant and any future Debian installation mechanisms that start inside an operating system should do some checks for storage or network device firmware issues and prompt users while there is still the possibility of downloading or extracting the relevant blobs. -- bye, pabs https://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise
