Anthony Towns wrote: > On Thu, Aug 31, 2006 at 12:48:35AM -0400, Nathanael Nerode wrote: >> Actually, this is what is wrong with the polls at the debian user forums >> which AJ pointed people to. Etch can release on time either free (with >> less hardware support) or non-free (with more hardware support). >> Making "Release etch on time" top priority doesn't really answer the >> question of what to do. > > No, it doesn't, which is why there's a second poll on what should actually > be done: > > http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?p=31128 > > The results are currently: > > ] Since it appears Debian has to make a choice, which would you prefer we > ] do for etch? > ] > ] 108 / 64% - Allow sourceless firmware in main > ] 31 / 18% - Delay the release of etch > ] (so that we can support loading firmware from > non-free) > ] 29 / 17% - Drop support for hardware which requires sourceless > firmware > > I don't know that 170 or so votes is that impressive, given what I'd > estimate as the total number of Debian users.
No, it's not. Popcon has counts in the thousands. OK, that poll is kind of useful. :-) I was wrong; correction noted. > It's also worth noting there are a few comments along the lines: > > ] I've voted to allow the firmware in main, but I also want to add > ] the remark that I hope the modifications to the debian installer > ] will be high on the priority list for the next debian release. > > Cheers, > aj -- Nathanael Nerode <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Bush admitted to violating FISA and said he was proud of it. So why isn't he in prison yet?... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
