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On Tue, Jan 29, 2019 at 8:54 AM Thomas Deutschmann <whissi@g.o> wrote: |
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> On 2019-01-28 23:27, Matt Turner wrote: |
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> > It's very common to need firmware to use wired or wireless networking. |
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> > I would not want to ship installation media without requisite |
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> > firmware. |
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> I don't think that sys-kernel/linux-firmware would be affected. |
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> But if it would be affected, where's the problem? Just create |
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> /etc/portage/package.license for that media. |
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> Again, the main motion is for users starting with a fresh stage3 image. |
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> Gentoo is about choices. So the only thing which will actually change is |
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> an additional prompt because we are raising awareness... |
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I wasn't expressing an opinion on the issue of $topic. Just answering |
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Rich's question about whether it's important to ship non-free firmware |
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on the installation media. |
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We can certainly continue shipping non-free firmware on the |
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installation media regardless of what the default choice is within |
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Gentoo. |
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