Linux Libre in Debian

[Jason Self]

The deblob scripts are intended to be used on the kernel source code
that comes from kernel.org. They're version-dependent and there are
updates made for every major kernel release and sometimes during a
major release too so as to address freedom problems that are introduced
during that version. The deblob scripts we ship will likely fail on any
other kernel. The Trisquel people for example modify the deblob scripts
to work on their kernel, which comes from Ubuntu with added
modifications that the Trisquel people also make. Those changes are
what cause the scripts to fail when things aren't in the expected
location and when Ubuntu adds more blobs that the scripts don't expect
- they don't clean them up. I don't know how well they will work on a
kernel from Debian but it's probably wise to expect some modification
if you go that route.

It's also not enough to just run the deblob scripts; a follow up with
deblob-check is also needed along with a human review to determine if
there's anything left behind that the scripts didn't catch.

But I urge you to reconsider going that route: The scripts are on the
way out. In the future, the only thing that will exist is the Linux-
libre kernel source code and the deblob-check program to look for blobs
and requests for blobs, but the automated tools that you're talking
about using will be gone. How will you do the converting when there are
no converting tools anymore?

> Does anyone have ideas for names, that would be great
> ('linux-deblob'?). I also think re-using the name 'linux-libre' would
> get messaging across better, and the implementation details aren't
> terribly important, but I understand if you feel this will be too far
> off from what is truly 'linux-libre'.

I don't have any name suggestions at present. I suppose reusing the
linux-libre name depends on what this ends up shaping into.
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