On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 11:33:11AM +0200, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > On Wed, May 05, 2010 at 06:29:55PM +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote: > > So I was wondering what the state is of everything, and what > > issues people will run into, specially when installing. > > So, let me try to wrap-up this discussion.
Perfect job, Zack. > Early on in this thread [1] I've tried to identify our options, which > essentially boil down to: > > 1) have the non-free firmware on the (first) install media, "protected" > by a BIG FAT WARNING saying that you need non-free firmware to > proceed, but that using it: you get out of Debian, you don't have > support, you should complain with your HW manufacturer, and that > thousands of kittens will be killed by your choice <marcus> I killed a werewolf, a black unicorn, a kitten, and I have excalibur <marcus> the kitten was an accident > 2) have an alternative set of installation medias (basically Debian + > non-free firmware), shipped under a non-free section of our mirrors I guess it wouldn't hurt to inform the user that d-i had to resort to non-free firmware in order to offer a great installation experience and that they can still complain to their vendor about it if they want. > My reading of this thread, assuming that it is representative, is that > (2) is preferred among developers; that is also my favorite choice. Yeah, I think that sums it up well. Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-project-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100518094057.gd3...@nighthawk.chemicalconnection.dyndns.org
