Re: labelling for Non-US CDs

[Bernd Hentig <bernd@ixsoft.de>]

Hello

> Howdy,
> 
> The label scheme noted in the cdimage FAQ is
> 
> Debian GNU/{Linux|Hurd} <version> [<revision>]
> Official {<architecture> Binary|Source}-<number>
> 
> I think there should be an extra field at the end [Non-US], since
> you can have official Non-US CDs.  That is, the scheme should be
> changed to
> 
> Debian GNU/{Linux|Hurd} <version> [<revision>]
> Official {<architecture> Binary|Source}-<number> [Non-US]
> 
> Is this acceptable?

The RSA patents have expired sometime last year and the 128 bit encryption
is does IMHO no longer suffer from export restrictions.
What packages are there in non-US that still cause 2 different versions
to be around ?
(I know the Red Hat 7.x version are the same now for Europe and US ...)

Bernd
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