Bug#1030009: www.debian.org: addition of non-free-firmware for bookworm and higher
Computer Enthusiastic <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.linux.debian.devel.www |
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Hello, On 30/01/2023 07:21, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > Package: www.debian.org > Severity: important > > Hi, > > This was mentioned a few days ago on debian-project@ by Gunnar: > https://lists.debian.org/debian-project/2023/01/msg00018.html > > but much work has happened since then, with debian-installer components > having been extended to leverage this new component. The next release > of the installer should happen within the next two weeks. > > I'm also trying to get documentation ready, and you can read more about > it in two merge requests (freshly opened, not reviewed yet): > - https://salsa.debian.org/installer-team/installation-guide/-/merge_requests/23 > - https://salsa.debian.org/ddp-team/release-notes/-/merge_requests/138 > > Unless you fancy reviewing what changed in the installer, I'd skip the > former and concentrate on the latter, which briefly explains why > non-free-firmware was added. > > It's available for bookworm suites and above (might be for other suites, > but I don't expect packages to show there). > > TL;DR: > > - bullseye systems are likely to have a sources.list configured this > way: > > deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye main contrib non-free > > - bullseye systems getting upgraded to bookworm should be modified with > the following configuration (to make sure non-free firmware packages > that might be installed have a chance to get upgraded): > > deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main contrib non-free non-free-firmware > > - new bookworm systems are likely to be configured with either of > these (unless one picks an expert install, enabling contrib and/or > non-free explicitly): > > deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main > deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main non-free-firmware > > > There's also some related ongoing work, about adding some hints in apt > (linking back to the release notes), and about fixing command-not-found > in bullseye: > - https://salsa.debian.org/apt-team/apt/-/merge_requests/282 > - https://bugs.debian.org/1029803 > > > Cheers, What about search scripts (e.g. https://packages.debian.org/search ) and in https://www.debian.org/distrib/packages ?