Bug#900171: Downstreams affected by absence of firmware-ath9k-htc

From	John Scott <jscott@posteo.net>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.bugs.dist, linux.debian.kernel
Subject	Bug#900171: Downstreams affected by absence of firmware-ath9k-htc
Date	2021-01-14 18:10 +0100
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That firmware-ath9k-htc isn't installed by default seems to be confusing 
downstream users, particularly on derivatives that are designed to be free 
software only and FSF-endorsed. Trisquel explicitly makes an effort to include 
it [1], but PureOS does not (yet) [2], and their docs seem to reflect an 
understanding that all general-purpose free firmware is installed by firmware-
linux-free [3].

I'm notifying the distros and hardware vendors one by one of the situation, 
but it would be more worthwhile if my change could be merged in Debian.

[1] https://gitlab.trisquel.org/trisquel/trisquel-packages/-/blob/master/10.0/
trisquel-meta/debian/control
[2] https://tracker.pureos.net/T496
[3] https://tracker.pureos.net/w/troubleshooting/missing_firmware/

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Bug#900171: firmware-free: Recommend or Suggest firmware-ath9k-htc John Scott <jscott@posteo.net> - 2018-05-27 05:50 +0200
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