On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 10:25:02AM +0000, Steve McIntyre wrote: > On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 09:32:26AM +0100, Frank Lin PIAT wrote: > >On Tue, 2014-03-25 at 15:29 +0900, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > >> Because as long as we document it, it's very hard to claim that > >> "non-free" is not part of Debian, when you could just add it as a > >> keyword side-by-side with "main" in your sources.list. > > > >The firmware have been moved from main to non-free a few years ago. The > >unintended consequences is that almost every system now use the non-free > >suite. > >Therefore users are more likely to install non-free packages. > > Yup. Various conversations have happened around firmware in the last > few years, but this is an effect that some people may not be aware > of. So... > > Neil and Lucas: what do you have to say on this front? Of all the > things that *could* be done here, what would you like to see > personally? > I think the *simplest* thing[0] would be another line in your apt prompt: The following NEW packages will be installed: wibble The following NEW non-free packages will be installed: binaryblob-nonfree This should raise awareness of the installation of non-free software without the splitting up of the DNS that would cause issues for users. Neil [0] Apologies to apt maintainers if this is not simple. I'm aware that from an outsiders' point of view, all problems can seem simple! --
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