Bug#1030009: www.debian.org: addition of non-free-firmware for bookworm and higher

Steve McIntyre <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.debian.devel.www
Message-ID <20230211201938.GD439126__44359.9149280757$1676146899$gmane$org@tack.einval.com>
On Sat, Feb 11, 2023 at 09:07:44PM +0100, Holger Wansing wrote:
>Hi Laura, hi all,
>
>Laura Arjona Reina <[email protected]> wrote (Sun, 5 Feb 2023 07:48:45 +0100):
>> https://storm.debian.net/shared/Daxsx1pQoBV0v1aPODgReIShC_qnpevLdvXNwQewADa
>> 
>> Shortened URL: https://deb.li/1030009
>> 
>> I'm pasting the list of files below for reference.
>> 
>> I still didn't start to review any file, and some of them I think other 
>> teams can help (CDVendors, internationalization scripts...) I'll CC them 
>> when I get to those files and post here (in the bug report) my 
>> proposals, with commits to the GR-non-free-firmware branch.
>

ACK, that's cool.

>I have already updated several of files you listed (those which changings
>were most likely non-debatable), but now I would like to discuss, what to
>do with files like
>
>releases/bullseye/debian-installer/index.wml
>releases/bullseye/errata.wml
>releases/buster/debian-installer/index.wml
>releases/buster/errata.wml
>
>Those old release pages have a warning hint like
><quote>
>If any of the hardware in your system requires non-free firmware to be 
>loaded with the device driver, you can use one of the tarballs of common 
>firmware packages or download an unofficial image including these non-free 
>firmwares. Instructions how to use the tarballs and general information 
>about loading firmware during an installation can be found in the 
>Installation Guide.
>
>unofficial images with firmware included - daily builds
>
>unofficial images with firmware included - weekly builds
></quote>
>
>First I thought we can leave this completely untouched, since these
>"images with firmware included" are still there and they are also still
>useful (for some hardware at least), if one wants to install those old 
>releases. 
>But now I would like to propose, we change the "unofficial images with 
>firmware included" phrase, since they are no longer *unofficial* according
>to the non-free-firmware GR.
>Thus I propose to change this into "special images with firmware included"
>for those old releases.
>
>Comments?

Just leave the docs for older releases alone - they'll still continue
to follow the older configuration.
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