["Followup-To:" header set to linux.debian.devel.] Thomas Weber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 05:06:29PM -0500, William Pitcock wrote: > > On Wed, 2008-10-22 at 09:03 +1100, Ben Finney wrote: > > > William Pitcock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > > > Unfortunately, those who contribute to Debian must be dedicated to > > > > ensuring future releases of Debian support the latest available > > > > hardware at time of release. > > > > > > That's news to me. Where is such a dedication required? Is it some > > > special reading of the vague ?our users? commitment, or do you get > > > > I worded that rather badly. You should imply "within acceptable terms of > > the DFSG" here... in this case, putting stuff in the nonfree firmware > > May I suggest that people cool down a little bit and don't assume the > worst from the other participants of the discussion.
I'm just a user, not a DD. I've found this discussion very informative, perhaps because of the passion some have brought to it. All I'd like to add is, to all concerned, the other guy might be at least partly right. Damn. Personally, I try my damnedest to avoid kit that can't be driven by FLOSS, but I also taught myself long ago that Computer Games are Fritterware. I don't care about blistering 3D video performance, nor do I care about wifi. This discussion doesn't affect me (much), but it's very interesting. This thread doesn't begin to approach real flamewar status. :-) -- Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (*) http://blinkynet.net/comp/uip5.html Linux Counter #80292 - - http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1855.html Please, don't Cc: me. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
