[Mageia-dev] Mageia 3 final set of isos

Fri Sep 21 12:42:23 CEST 2012

On 09/20/2012 05:46 PM, Olivier Blin wrote:
+> Frank Griffin <ftg at roadrunner.com> writes:
+>
+>> On 09/19/2012 04:20 AM, Pascal Terjan wrote:
+>>> On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 10:11 AM, Antoine Pitrou <solipsis at pitrou.net> wrote:
+>>>
+>>>> Is that necessary? Instead you could have a checkbox "install
+>>>> optional proprietary software" in the installer.
+>>> This allows for example magazines to distribute it
+>>>
+>> Then put the nonfree and tainted stuff on a separate non-installable
+>> CD/DVD containing only those packages, and have the installer provide
+>> an option to use either that or a network-location nonfree/tainted.
+>> The magazine can distribute the base DVD, and those who want
+>> nonfree/tainted can simply opt to download the second ISO themselves
+>> or have the installer connect them to a network nonfree/tainted repo.
+> How to proceed when the network connection requires a non-free firmware?
+> For example on laptops with no ethernet connector but just wifi?
+>
+Then you get someone to download the companion ISO for you.  Or, you 
+don't rely on magazines for your install.  Or, we resign ourselves to 
+the fact that magazine installers will be second-class citizens, and put 
+the nonfree stuff on the primary ISO.
+
+What do the magazines do about other distros that include nonfree stuff ?
+