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Re: Discussion - non-free software removal



On Fri, Nov 15, 2002 at 01:54:27AM +0200, Richard Braakman wrote:
> I think that would be a terrible way to do it.  It's much better to
> simply drop the package.  That way people can keep it around on their
> systems for as long as they like, instead of innocently upgrading
> to a dummy version.

I wonder how many people understand that Debian dropping non-free from
the archive and mirror network wouldn't actually remove any packages
from their computers.

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