Bug#1029848: hw-detect: decide how to configure firmware support

2023-01-29 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Mon, Jan 30, 2023 at 01:20:17AM +0100, Cyril Brulebois wrote: >Steve McIntyre (2023-01-30): >> Fine. I'd be *tempted* to maybe define the default to "always", to be >> 100% clear and (maybe?) more consistent to my OCD. At some point I >> expect we're likely to end up with a case statement in hw

Bug#1029848: hw-detect: decide how to configure firmware support

2023-01-29 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Steve McIntyre (2023-01-30): > Fine. I'd be *tempted* to maybe define the default to "always", to be > 100% clear and (maybe?) more consistent to my OCD. At some point I > expect we're likely to end up with a case statement in hw-detect, > after all. I'd rather not name and define something if we

Bug#1029848: hw-detect: decide how to configure firmware support

2023-01-29 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Sun, Jan 29, 2023 at 03:38:14AM +0100, Cyril Brulebois wrote: >Steve McIntyre (2023-01-29): >> >I'm proposing: >> > - “hw-detect/firmware” as template for hw-detect; >> >> I was thinking "hw-detect/load_firmware" might be better - we may >> want/need more firmware questions yet, so let's leave

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2023-01-28 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing control commands: > tag -1 patch pending Bug #1029848 [hw-detect] hw-detect: decide how to configure firmware support Added tag(s) patch. -- 1029848: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1029848 Debian Bug Tracking System Contact ow...@bugs.debian.org with problems

Bug#1029848: hw-detect: decide how to configure firmware support

2023-01-28 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Control: tag -1 patch pending Cyril Brulebois (2023-01-29): > If we really want not to use a bare /firmware, maybe /firmware-lookup? > But having something specialized in hw-detect and something much more > generic in preseed would look strange to me. I don't really mind either > way. This seems

Bug#1029848: hw-detect: decide how to configure firmware support

2023-01-28 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Steve McIntyre (2023-01-29): > >I'm proposing: > > - “hw-detect/firmware” as template for hw-detect; > > I was thinking "hw-detect/load_firmware" might be better - we may > want/need more firmware questions yet, so let's leave the namespace > open? That's exactly what someone has already thought

Bug#1029848: hw-detect: decide how to configure firmware support

2023-01-28 Thread Steve McIntyre
Hey kibi! On Sat, Jan 28, 2023 at 08:09:58PM +0100, Cyril Brulebois wrote: >Package: hw-detect >Severity: important > >Hi, > > ># Context > >Quoting the text that was agreed to via the 2022 General Resolution >about non-free firmware: > >We will include non-free firmware packages from the "non

Re: Bug#1029848: hw-detect: decide how to configure firmware support

2023-01-28 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sat, Jan 28, 2023 at 08:09:58PM +0100, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > Package: hw-detect > Severity: important > > Hi, > > > # Allowing for main-only > > The next sentence of the text that was agreed to is: > > The included firmware binaries will normally be enabled by default > where the

Bug#1029848: hw-detect: decide how to configure firmware support

2023-01-28 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Package: hw-detect Severity: important Hi, # Context Quoting the text that was agreed to via the 2022 General Resolution about non-free firmware: We will include non-free firmware packages from the "non-free-firmware" section of the Debian archive on our official media (installer image