Re: deps on non-free [Bug#106427: printtool: versioned deps for gs]
On Thu, Jul 26, 2001 at 01:27:12PM -0600, John Galt wrote:
> On Thu, 26 Jul 2001, Steve M. Robbins wrote:
>
> >On Thu, Jul 26, 2001 at 01:06:09PM -0600, John Galt wrote:
> >
> >> GPG IS NOT IN MAIN! It's in Non-US/main!
> >
> >
> > NON-US/MAIN IS PART OF MAIN !!!!
> >
>
>
> suuuuure....
>
> Policy, section 2.1.2
>
> 2.1.2 The main section
>
> Every package in main and non-US/main must comply with the DFSG
> (Debian Free Software Guidelines).
Well, I'd say that supports my view: the "main" section is identical
to the set of DFSG-compliant packages that don't require non-DFSG
software.
Main is split into "US" and "non-US" parts simply for convenience of
US-based ftp mirror admins and CD vendors.
-S
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