development tools and non-free drviers
Matt Zimmerman
mdz at canonical.com
Wed Jan 4 23:01:12 GMT 2006
On Wed, Jan 04, 2006 at 10:50:45PM +0000, Mark Shuttleworth wrote:
> Matt Zimmerman wrote:
>
> >One way to achieve the goal more simply would be to provide updated drivers
> >in a separate repository which explicitly does not receive security support,
> >allowing users to opt for the updated drivers if they are willing to accept
> >the tradeoff. The drivers could then be rolled into -security at a later
> >date if they are believed to be appropriate for all users.
> >
> >
> I imagine that's a reasonable tradeoff for people who want
> -proposed-updates.
OK, to summarize for confirmation:
- Publish updated linux-restricted-modules in -proposed-updates (once it
exists)
- Warn that -proposed-updates receives no security support
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- mdz
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