Re: kde and files location
Hi,
>>"Manong" == Manong Dibos <jwalther@citytel.net> writes:
Manong> On 20 Sep 1997, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
>> The only difference between the non-free packages an others is
>> whether we put them on the official CD. They are *not* third party
>> software.
Manong> Hmmm. This is true. Looking at it from another angle, could
Manong> we not consider non-free packages to be "addons" from the
Manong> vendor themselves? Such as the type of bundling SCO and other
Manong> Unices sometimes do?
This is sophistry. We, collectively, are Debian. We do not
write most of the software we offer; we package it. We can't decide
when we are the distribution and when the software comes from the
author directly depending on whether we want it to go under /opt.
We can't be both Debian and non-Debian third parties. The only
possible solution, IMHO, is to leave /opt alone. Let third
parties (not Debian) populate that. (Any third party /opt based rpm
may be used on Debian machines, you know).
Manong> IE, the OS vendor licenses the software and distributes it
Manong> separately? *sigh*. Oh well. I guess the time for the /opt
Manong> idea has not yet come.
Yes, it has come, except *We*, as the Debian project, the OS
distributor, do not populate it.
manoj
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Manoj Srivastava <url:mailto:srivasta@acm.org>
Mobile, Alabama USA <url:http://www.datasync.com/%7Esrivasta/>
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