Re: [gnu.gnustep.discuss] Debian package of gstep-xraw
On 1 Sep 1998, Paul Seelig wrote:
> This is a Debian related message from "gnu.gnustep.discuss". Any idea
> about this?
>
> GNUstep is gaining quite some momentum in the last time and IMHO it's
> the most interesting desktop project when comparing it with the whole
> KDE/GNOME hype. The core developers are currently setting up CVS
> access to speed up it's development. How could Debian help out for
> those people?
>
> I just keep wondering why the (by now outdated) Debian packages are
> held in contrib instead of the main distribution where it should
> belong to IMHO since it is a GNU project?
Excerpt from /usr/doc/gstep-base/README.Debian
The GNUstep packages use a directory layout that doesn't conform to the
FSSTND, therefore the packages go into the contrib section of Debian.
This isn't a valid reason, is it?
The correct approach in this case is to try to coerce the package into FHS
by modifying source and/or playing symlink games. However, I'm not aware
that non-FHS compliance puts it in contrib. It just makes it buggy.
Cheers,
Jules
/----------------+-------------------------------+---------------------\
| Jelibean aka | jules@jellybean.co.uk | 6 Evelyn Rd |
| Jules aka | jules@debian.org | Richmond, Surrey |
| Julian Bean | jmlb2@hermes.cam.ac.uk | TW9 2TF *UK* |
+----------------+-------------------------------+---------------------+
| War doesn't demonstrate who's right... just who's left. |
| When privacy is outlawed... only the outlaws have privacy. |
\----------------------------------------------------------------------/
Reply to: