Bug#38902: PROPOSED] data section
> The data section would be governed by the following rules:
> - No package can depend on a package in data.
Can *solely* depends on a package in data. ORed Depends, if
it's also resolved by a default package in main, is good
in my opinion. Example: A default E-Theme (like icE) in main and
other theme (like ShinyMetal) in data.
> - No package with an executable can go into data unless it is useable ONLY
> with a dataset in data.
We should add here that's not the recommend way. This kind of package
should go in main. Exception can be made for exceptionnaly big data
packages that impossible to shrink or to provide a default useable data
set. This way, people can try it on the small archive, then used it if
they like it.
> - The maintainer decision on this subject is just the same as with the
> Section: field. It's a suggestion that can be override by the archive
> maintainer.
> - Only DFSG free datasets are alowed in data. There is no non-free section
> of data and contrib does not make sense when applied to datasets. To
> that end, datasets can not depend on anything in contrib or non-free.
> - Datasets that currently have no DFSG-free viewer are still DFSG-free if
> the license to that data is DFSG-free.
Hum... We should add they most not depends on the viewer. Contrib are for
those type of data, IMHO. But I don't care; If people can find data they
can't view useful...
> reason:
> - The data subdirectory is an entire part of Debian. Its purpose is to
> let the CD vendors/archives maintainers/users choice between a Debian
> Light who fit on a reasonable amount of CDs, and an Debian Extended who
> can fill your entire RAID array.
This really looks like from me ;)
Don't care much, all my mail are DFSG-free and I forgive you
to not say it was from me ;)
Regards,
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