On Wed, Aug 09, 2006 at 02:01:33AM -0700, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: > Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Nope, the issue only surfaced early after the sarge release, a bit > > less than a year ago, when the new kernel team formed. > > It was discussed *before* sarge was released that there was non-free > firmware in the kernel, and we decided to ignore it for the sarge > release. We explicitly did *not* decide to ignore it forever.
Maybe, but the kernel team was really operational, and not saddled with broken legacy packaging only after the sarge release. > > So, basically, you are criticizing the kernel team for not having devoted > > enough of their *volunteer* time to this issue, and at the same time you > > expect us to provide good quality kernel packages to debian ? > > No. I would be content with a "we don't support that hardware" > decision, though it would be less than the best thing. > > I'm willing to wait for this work to be finished before etch is > released. Yep, but the question is, are the rest of the DDs willing to wait too ? This is best answered by a GR, not sure if it needs 3:1 supermajority or not, i think if it is only a delay-it-once-more, it does not need that, contrary to a changing of the wording of the social contract would be. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
