Re: Dissatisfied w/Debian? Make something 'pure'.

[Craig Sanders <cas@taz.net.au>]

On Mon, Jun 12, 2000 at 12:30:43PM +0200, David N. Welton wrote:
> Since people seem incapable of discussing this on the correct list,
> here is my idea, reposted from -project, which seems a much better
> compromise than all this stupid willy-waving:
> 
>     If people really want to do something useful, which will show in a
>     practical way that we can do without non-free software, why don't
>     you take all of the programs in non-free, and make a hit list.
>     Examine them and see if there is a free replacement that is every
>     bit as good as the original.  If so, maybe that program doesn't
>     need to be in Debian any longer.  If not, you have a bit of *real*
>     work to do to help out the free software effort, which will result
>     in real benefits, not just mailing-list wanking.  This is a
>     workable idea that will have real results, and piss off a lot less
>     people.

what you say will never fly - it makes far too much sense and is
obviously the right thing to do.


(that's a roundabout way of saying "brilliant suggestion", btw :)

craig

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craig sanders