From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mark H Weaver Subject: Re: Firefox 52's end of life, packaging Chromium Date: Sun, 02 Sep 2018 04:13:54 -0400 Message-ID: <87wos4xqnx.fsf@netris.org> References: <87ftyx35pw.fsf@lassieur.org> <87pny09rgo.fsf@elephly.net> <875zzozcnf.fsf@netris.org> <871sacz9si.fsf@netris.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:51537) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fwNXp-0000ud-4F for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 02 Sep 2018 04:15:42 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fwNXj-0006Bz-Rh for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 02 Sep 2018 04:15:41 -0400 Received: from world.peace.net ([64.112.178.59]:39952) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fwNXj-0006Bj-Nm for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 02 Sep 2018 04:15:35 -0400 In-Reply-To: <871sacz9si.fsf@netris.org> (Mark H. Weaver's message of "Sun, 02 Sep 2018 02:35:25 -0400") List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: Ricardo Wurmus Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org, =?utf-8?Q?Cl=C3=A9ment?= Lassieur Mark H Weaver writes: > The reason I am so sensitive to this issue is that Debian included > nonfree software in their kernels for many years, despite it being a > widely known violation of the Debian Free Software Guidelines. > Apparently it was deemed sufficient to make a "best effort" to comply > with their own promises. Sorry, I sent this draft message out prematurely. This entire paragraph should have been removed. The reason for my sensitivity is not relevant anyway. Of course, we cannot hope to do more than to make our best effort, and moreover, volunteers are not obligated to expend any effort at all. Mark