Re: Bug#72941: general: non-free packages should have special info in description.

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Subject: Re: Bug#72941: general: non-free packages should have special info in description.
From: cjw44@flatline.org.uk (Colin Watson)
Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2000 22:57:07 +0100
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brian moore <bem@cmc.net> wrote:
>I think it would be good, but I also think it would be good to have
>non-free stuff point to free stuff.  (eg, "You really shouldn't install
>ssh-nonfree or ssh2, as the OpenSSH [ssh] package provides better
>functionality and is DFSG compliant." )

There's something in the CVS dpkg changelog about an Enhances: header,
which I dimly remember might have been to support this. (I think a nicer
name would have been Liberates:, though ...)

-- 
Colin Watson                                     [cjw44@flatline.org.uk]

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References:
- Bug#72941: general: non-free packages should have special info in description.
  - From: Evan Thompson <evaner@evaner.penguinpowered.com>
- Re: Bug#72941: general: non-free packages should have special info in description.
  - From: debian-devel.lists.debian.org@marc-haber.de (Marc Haber)
- Re: Bug#72941: general: non-free packages should have special info in description.
  - From: Josip Rodin <joy@cibalia.gkvk.hr>
- Re: Bug#72941: general: non-free packages should have special info in description.
  - From: brian moore <bem@cmc.net>

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