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Re: contrib and non-free shouldn't be stated in the instructions



Thomas Goirand schrieb am Wednesday, den 08. September 2010:

> Sylvain Beucler wrote:
> > Having them available if not the same as actively/officially
> > recommending their use.
> 
> But explicitly writing everywhere that non-free and contrib aren't part
> of Debian, and explaining why (maybe with a link to the social contract
> page), doesn't hurt. Without such a reminder, some will be fooled.
> 
> Something like this:
> 
> Reminder: As per <a
> href="http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-archive.html#s-contrib>the
> Debian policy manual</a>, we kindly remind all backports users that the
> contrib and non-free repositories aren't to be considered part of Debian.
I don't think so. Such a sentence is just stupid and schizophrenic. 

Alex


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