[Mageia-dev] [RFC] radeon firmware in non-free

Wed May 30 12:14:26 CEST 2012

> 30.05.2012 11:38, Thierry Vignaud skrev:
+[..]
+>> I think we should offer the choice to:
+>> - either be able to choose between working proprietary driver and
+>>    working free driver
+>> - or to have _working_ free driver
+>>    (that is including the needed firmwares)
+>>
+>
+> As pointed out in earlier discussions about this issue...
+>
+> There is 2 points needing fix.
+>
+> - the installer should detect the need for nonfree, and ask if people
+>    want to enable it. (or simply ask if user want to add nonfree media)
+
+of course this means that the DVD installer has nonfree on it's DVD (or
+have a separate media for that, which is less easy)
+
+> - the other thing to fix is to change the installer option about
+>    "additional CD" to "additional media" and allow for browsing for
+>    additional rpms on a cd/dvd/disk/usb/... media.
+
+add here, also nfs/iSCSI/http/...
+
+in fact that screen should be redone and done differently:
+
+[X] this media (DVD or whatever)
+[ ] media from mirrors [dropdown with mirror] (by default automatic)
+[ ] (here the media added from advanced is added when closing advanced)
+------------
+[X] updates
+[ ] nonfree
+[ ] tainted
+[ ] backports
+[ ] testing
+[ ] debug
++ button advanced with custom media (for urpmi-proxy or local media for
+instance)
+
+
+