On Sun, Jan 16, 2005 at 02:01:22PM +0000, Matthew Garrett wrote: > In many cases, the firmware may be provided by the hardware vendor in > some form, so we can just use the existing media for install purposes. > It's probably not reasonable to expect them to provide Debian installer > modules as well, so in some cases we'd end up with twice as many items > of removable media.
If those modules are in contrib (which is just as easy to redistribute as main, unlike non-free), then it seems perfectly reasonable to me. At least in terms of the "do drivers requiring non-free blobs belong in main" debate, this argument seems like a non-issue to me. -- Glenn Maynard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
