Re: kernel-libre (hopefully 100% Free) for Fedora 8 and rawhide

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On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 12:32 PM, Dave Jones <davej@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 09:08:56AM -0800, Jeff Spaleta wrote:
>   > On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 7:56 AM, Dave Jones <davej@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>   >
>   > > This "well my system is ok, screw everyone else" approach is what I find
>   > > so fundamentally broken in this idea.  Especially as the people advocating
>   > > for this aren't those who get to deal with the fallout when users start
>   > > filing bugs.
>   > >
>   >
>   > I believe the stated goal is to package things in such a way that Alexandre
>   > can then propose a separate spin that is libre by his definition. but has
>   > the potential to carry the Fedora marks.
>
>  And then when people download that spin, and find their computer doesn't boot,
>  who gets the bug reports ?
>

I would figure they would need to go to that spin's SIG/Committee. And
the opening anaconda should clearly say that:

Attempting to boot libre kernel. This will only work on hardware that
is completely open and documented. All other hardware will be
problematic. Contact kernel-libre@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx for more messages,
and open bugs under FEDORA-LIBRE in bugzilla.fedorahosted.org.


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Stephen J Smoogen. -- CSIRT/Linux System Administrator
How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed
in a naughty world. = Shakespeare. "The Merchant of Venice"

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