Re: freedom-subtracted.debian.org (was: Re: KDE)

[Jim Pick <jim@jimpick.com>]

servis@purdue.edu writes:

> I don't think the archive should be split on different servers, that
> would just be a royal pain to keep track of and a logistics nightmare
> for the ftp admins.

I agree it's a disadvantage.  It would make the distinction between
what is "officially" Debian and what is not brutally clear though
(which is the whole point of this thread).

> Why not just change the hirarchy of the archives to
> something like the following that would clearly separate the main dfsg
> free archive from the non-dfsg free archive:
> 
> dists/
> 	potato/
> 		main/
> 			binary-{$arch}
> 			disk-{$arch}
> 			upgrade-*
> 			source
> 		non-dfsg/
> 			contrib/
> 				binary-{$arch}
> 				source
> 			non-free/
> 				binary-{$arch}
> 				source

Or, we could do:

dists/
	potato/
		main/
			binary-{$arch}
			disk-{$arch}
			upgrade-*
			source
	potato-unsupported/
		contrib/
			binary-{$arch}
			source
		non-free/
			binary-{$arch}
			source

This is just one possible scenario.  In a perfect world, I'd vote for
moving contrib and non-free to another server.  I don't personally
find the status quo to be particularily confusing though.

Cheers,

 - Jim