Re: Upcoming Debian Releases
> > Just like now we have a section such as x11 or libs, let non-free be a
> > section.
>
> I think this was proposed some time ago, and as I recall the practical
> problem was that some sites want to be able to mirror Debian without
> any of the non-free and/or contrib stuff.
With "mirror", this is trivial. You just exclude "non-free". It
doesn't matter whether that directory occurs once or in a hundred
different places. They will all be skipped.
> The philisophical problem was that, non-free and contrib are not
> consdered fully a part of Debian (because of their licenses or
> whatever), so they can't go in the main tree...
I don't see why they can't be considered part of Debian, but just
with restricted distribution.
Brian
( bcwhite@verisim.com )
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