On Tue, 2021-01-12 at 19:30 +0100, Geert Stappers wrote: > Ah, yes I also wonder how much the world will improve > if non-free would be split in non-free and non-free-firmware. > Currently is non free firmware a hugh promoter of non-free in > /etc/apt/sources.list
I proposed moving non-free firmware to a new non-free-firmware some time ago[1], but then it seemed like there was no consensus on this which I though we had before. Some people wanted non-free/firmware instead (different name), wanted packages to start appearing in multiple components (non-free and non-free[/-]firmware), wanted additional categories (e.g. non-free/doc for Free Software Foundation stuff), wanted non-free drivers as well, wanted major changes how components work (which might imply incompatible changes for mirroring tools and so on), ... As I wasn't motivated for a new topic for long discussions in addition to systemd and usrmerge nor for spending much time on implementing more support for (mostly?) non-free stuff I left things as they are. (Nor would I be too motivated to then read "but it's wrong" for many years later as with the other topics...) Ansgar [1]: https://lists.debian.org/msgid-search/87ziwfauw3....@deep-thought.43-1.org
