[Dwn-trans-commit] CVS public_html/src/Writing/DWN

[CVS User joey]

Update of /var/cvs/infodrom.org/public_html/src/Writing/DWN
In directory finlandia:/home/users/joey/Projects/Web/public_html/src/Writing/DWN

Modified Files:
	dwn-2006-40.wml 
Log Message:
Contribution by Thomas Viemann: blobs

--- /var/cvs/infodrom.org/public_html/src/Writing/DWN/dwn-2006-40.wml	2006/09/26 15:58:53	1.1
+++ /var/cvs/infodrom.org/public_html/src/Writing/DWN/dwn-2006-40.wml	2006/09/27 06:48:06	1.2
@@ -5,6 +5,17 @@
 <p>Welcome to this year's 40th issue of DWN, the weekly newsletter for the
 Debian community.</p>
 
+# From: Thomas Viehmann <tv at beamnet.de>
+
+<p><strong>Binary Blobs in the Debian linux-2.6 packages:</strong>
+Frederik Schueler <a
+href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-release/2006/09/msg00215.html">announced</a>
+packages for Linux 2.6.16 and noted that this release contains all binary
+firmware blobs shipped upstream, even those that used to be pruned. He
+explained that the kernel team initially wanted to wait for a positive GR
+vote outcome but anticipates this to be delayed indefinitely and decided
+that this was not acceptable from a release point of view.</p>
+
 <p><strong>Want to continue reading DWN?</strong> Please help us create this
 newsletter.  We still need more volunteer writers who watch the Debian
 community and report about what is going on.  Please see the <a