On Tue, Sep 06, 2022 at 05:26:10PM +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote: > On Tue, Sep 06, 2022 at 06:15:21PM +0200, Bart Martens wrote: > >On Sun, Sep 04, 2022 at 03:43:36AM +0700, Judit Foglszinger wrote: > >> > I hereby propose the following alternative text to Steve's original > >> > proposal. > >> > > >> > ================================= > >> > > >> > The Debian project is permitted to make distribution media (installer > >> > images > >> > and live images) containing packages from the non-free section of the > >> > Debian > >> > archive available for download alongside with the free media in a way > >> > that the > >> > user is informed before downloading which media are the free ones. > >> > > >> > ================================= > >> > >> Wondering if this should be s/non-free section/non-free-firmware section/ > > > >Thanks for asking. The short answer is no. I kept my proposal very short, > >keeping the focus on the smallest possible action we can do for helping those > >users that need non-free firmware: allowing ourselves to advertise non-free > >installers just as visible as our free installer. Moving non-free firmware > >to a > >separate section might be useful, but it is in my view not part of that > >smallest possible action. So what's my position on such new section? Well, > >what > >is not mentioned is not proposed and not opposed. That's all. - B. > > Argh. So this does *not* work with the plan that we have *already > started*, where we're going to move firmware things to > non-free-firmware instead. Please switch to "non-free and/or > non-free-firmware sections" in your text.
I'm surprised. Please read what is written. Proposal C leaves open whether such new section would be added in the future. So if proposal C would win, then the started work you describe can continue. Proposal C uses the term "non-free" because that is where all non-free packages are still residing today. Does this cover your concern? > > -- > Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. st...@einval.com > Armed with "Valor": "Centurion" represents quality of Discipline, > Honor, Integrity and Loyalty. Now you don't have to be a Caesar to > concord the digital world while feeling safe and proud.
