Re: Data does NOT belong in Debian (was: Stop Archive bloat)
On Tue, Oct 19, 1999 at 09:29:53PM +0000, Alexander Koch wrote:
> [f'up]
>
> On Tue, 19 October 1999 21:43:57 +0200, Goswin Brederlow wrote:
> > Why not allow Source only packages ?
>
> Something like that is the only workable thing, methinks.
> Having a source where a source is 99+ % the same data is waste.
>
> Before that is agreed on (and there is a need, I read it
> here) I would not touch anything. I am strongly against
> the data section and especially the bigger packages.
Why are you against a data section (which is just a separate archives
like contrib or non-us)? I would like to know what's wrong with it
since who doesn't have much opposition in debian-policy.
Please, read the proposal carefully before answering.
>
> Alexander
>
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