Re: Bug#71130: depends on non-free _hardware_?

[jpk@cape.com (Jacob Kuntz)]

Nicolás Lichtmaier (nick@debian.org) wrote:
> >  Jacob> packages.debian.org has a description for contrib that states:
> >  Jacob> Contrib
> >  Jacob> 	Packages in this area are free themselves but depend
> >  Jacob> on other software or hardware that is not free.
> >  Jacob>                     ^^^^^^^^
> > 
> >  Jacob> non-free hardware suggests the existance of free hardware. is
> >  Jacob> this a typo, or have i been ripped off?
> > 
> > 	Of course there is free hardware. Perhaps not free as in beer,
> >  but free as in adhering to open, and free standards. 
> 
>  But that text should not be there. I don't think we would reject a reverse
> engeneered driver in main...
> 

also, i don't believe the current package system can express dependancies on
the presense of specific hardware in the system.

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