ubuntu heading for proriertary binary drivers installation by default

[Christos Ricudis]

Nick Demou wrote:
> το ίδιο υποψιάζομε κι εγώ αλλά θα ήθελα να καταλάβω το γιατί και αυτός
> είναι ένας λόγος που ξεκίνησα αυτό το thread. Από όσα έχω διαβάσει
> είναι δυνατόν να προκαλέσει και σοβαρά πρακτικά προβλήματα και θα
> ήθελα να καταλάβω ακριβώς ποια θα είναι αυτά (πέραν από μερικά
> προφανή). 

1) Dysxerainei to debugging. An fas sth mourh ena kernel crash epeidh 
kapoios apofasise na steilei enan pointer sto diaolo mesa sto 
/usr/src/linux/drivers/human-computer-interaction/openodontobourtsa.c, 
kapoios allos sthn linux-kernel-mailing-list mporei sxetika eykola apo 
ena proper bug report na brei kai na dior8wsei to problhma. An o pointer 
pou stal8hke kata diaolou omws einai mesa se kapoion binary driver, to 
pragma allazei.

2) Dysxerainei tous linux kernel developers na kanoun to API/ABI san ta 
moutra tous, otan kapoioi alloi eksartwntai apo ayto. Dedomenou oti 
arketa pragmatakia mporoun na ephreasoun to ABI me kapws mh-profaneis 
tropous, ayto apotelei merikes fores problhma kai gia tis dyo pleyres. 
To apotelesma einai aykshmenh pi8anothta na paei kati straba otan oi 
kernel developers apofasisoun na allaksoun ena komma, h oi gentubuntu 
maintainers apofasisoun na kanoun compile to sympan me thn GCC 
5.324prealpha-34 enw o binary driver exei ginei compile me thn GCC 
6.482-experimental-382.

3) Kanei ton RMS na gkarizei. Kaneis den 8elei n'akouei ton RMS na 
gkarizei.

4) Pote den ksereis ti kanei o allos mesa ston closed-source driver tou, 
opote o closed-source driver ths Logitouch Sexcam endexomenws na kanei 
broadcast thn gkomena sou sto youtube.

5) Meiwnei (8ewrhtika) to code quality tou driver. Otan enas 
programmatisths kserei oti kaneis den prokeitai na dei ton kwdika tou, 
kanei *apisteytes* malakies, pou merikes fores einai xontros mpelas na 
tis strwseis, akoma ki an telika to project ginei open source. An de me 
pisteyete, rikste mia matia ston kwdika tou OpenAFS.

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