A placeholder package in main could prompt users to enable needed source component ?
Le mer. 1 févr. 2023 à 21:36, Sven Joachim <svenj...@gmx.de> a écrit : > Control: reassign -1 release-notes > > On 2023-02-01 08:30 +0800, Dan Jacobson wrote: > > > Package: general > > > > The average user will not notice his firmware is not updating any more. > > Unless they pay close attention to apt(itude)'s messages, that is > probably true. > > > So he must do Google Search. > > https://www.google.com/search?q=debian+firmware+non-free > > which leads to > > https://wiki.debian.org/Firmware > > which says > > ...a new repository component non-free-firmware... > > > > So that means he needs to add it to /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ > > Ah ha! > > The release notes for Bookworm should and will certainly mention that. > I think this is where this bug is actually actionable, so I am > reassigning it there. > > > Yes, he should be regularly subscribed to debian-user, but that's too > > much. > > I have sent a heads-up message[1] there a few days ago, but as you said it > got lost in all the other topics discussed there. > > > Or https://lists.debian.org/debian-announce/, but that's too many boring > > messages too. > > There was not even a prominent notice there, at least not in the past > few weeks. > > > Yes, he uses apt-listchanges, but that won't tell him this. > > > > So I'm saying that Debian needs a mechanism to have his computer tell > > him to do this. > > > > Maybe the next time he uses apt*, somehow the system should tell him... > > Somehow, but how exactly? Good question that was brought up on > debian-devel[2], alas without replies yet. > > Cheers, > Sven > > > 1. https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2023/01/msg00706.html > 2. https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2023/01/msg00312.html > >
