Re: Are DFSG free package in non-us part of Debian?
On Sun, Nov 15, 1998 at 09:01:13PM +0000, James Troup wrote:
> I don't care what you want to call main, but I define main as
> debian/dists/{unstable,frozen,stable}/main/.
My definition of main is in the Policy Manual:
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2.1.2 The main section
Every package in "main" must comply with the DFSG (Debian Free Software Guidelines).
In addition, the packages in "main"
must not require a package outside of "main" for compilation or
execution (thus, the package may not declare a "Depends" or
"Recommends" relationship on a non-main package),
must not be so buggy that we refuse to support them,
must meet all policy requirements presented in this manual.
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When discussing about the future organization of things, anything else
(esp. how thing are now organized in FTP servers, except for planning
the transition) is irrelevant.
> None of non-US is on open USA ftp servers
This is a problem with USA legislation, not of the Debian project.
There are countries where cryptography is illegal to use, yet we do
not have a problem distributing crypto programs *outside* those
countries. Why should we (continue to) make USA an exception?
> and non-US is not usually part of CDs and it's certainly not part of
> the official CD.
It isn't *now*, which it is irrelevant. Have you read my proposition?
> How can something which is not on the ftp servers or CDs be a part
> of main? It isn't.
But non-US is on the FTP servers. It's not on all FTP servers, of
course, because USA has laws forbidding that.
> > No. Putting crypto software into main does not mean moving the
> > packages to USA-based servers.
>
> Jesus wept, it so does.
Why? I'm not talking about how things are now, but how things can be
arranged in the future.
> If I upload a package to main; it goes to master (USA) and then to
> ftp.debian.org (USA) and from there to non-US mirrors.
If you upload a non-US main package to the non-US primary server, it
does not propagate to US servers (unless they are broken).
> It *is* as long as people continue to talk about putting crypto
> software in main.
You're missing the point. I hope you're easier to talk with on a
phone :-)
Antti-Juhani
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