new patch5 (Re: pine (was: Re: debian-faq: patch5 to remove some outdated content))
Hi,
Joost van Baal-Ilić <joostvb-debian-doc-20160507-3@mdcc.cx> wrote:
> On Sat, May 07, 2016 at 08:51:41PM +0200, Holger Wansing wrote:
> > victory <victory.deb@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I would remove the pine stuff completely.
> >
> > However, pine is also mentioned as an example for nonfree software in
> > ftparchives.sgml:
> >
> > <p>Some packages are only distributed as source code due to the restrictions
> > in their licenses. Notably, one such package is <tt>pine</tt>, see
> > <ref id="pine"> for more information.
> >
> > So if we remove pine from the doc, we need another example for such
> > nonfree software, which is only allowed to be distributed as source code.
> > Is anyone aware of such software?
>
> publicfile. There is https://packages.debian.org/publicfile-installer .
> Probably there are more examples.
Most probably there are others.
But one example is as good as another, I suspect.
So I used publicfile for this.
A new patch is attached, including victory's proposals and the above one.
Holger
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Index: contrib.sgml
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--- contrib.sgml (Revision 11150)
+++ contrib.sgml (Arbeitskopie)
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
<p>Donations from sponsors allow Debian to have machines, as well as other
hardware, organise conferences and development sprints, amongst other things.
-For more information see please visit <url
+For more information please visit <url
id="http://www.debian.org/donations"; name="Debian Donations">. The page
also lists the different methods that can be used to donate.
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
<p>There are a number of organizations created in different countries that hold
assets in trust for Debian. The <url id="http://www.debian.org/donations";
name="donations page"> lists the trusted organisations individuals can donate
-to. At the time of this writting there are two of them: <url
+to. At the time of this writing there are two of them: <url
id="http://www.ffis.de/"; name="Verein zur Förderung Freier Informationen & Software"> (in Germany) and
the <url id="https://france.debian.net/"; name="Debian France Association"> (in France).
Additional affiliate organisations in other countries are listed in <url id="https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/Auditor/Organizations"; name="Organizations"> page in the Debian Wiki.
Index: customizing.sgml
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--- customizing.sgml (Revision 11150)
+++ customizing.sgml (Arbeitskopie)
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@
<sect id="consolefont">How do I load a console font on startup the Debian way?
-<p>The <package/kbd/ and <package/console-tools/ packages support this,
-edit <tt>/etc/kbd/config</tt> or <tt>/etc/console-tools/config</tt> files.
+<p>The <package/kbd/ package supports this,
+edit the <tt>/etc/kbd/config</tt> file.
<sect id="appdefaults">How can I configure an X11 program's application
defaults?
Index: ftparchives.sgml
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--- ftparchives.sgml (Revision 11150)
+++ ftparchives.sgml (Arbeitskopie)
@@ -365,8 +365,7 @@
<tt>apt-get source mypackagename</tt>.
<p>Some packages are only distributed as source code due to the restrictions
-in their licenses. Notably, one such package is <tt>pine</tt>, see
-<ref id="pine"> for more information.
+in their licenses. Notably, one such package is <tt>publicfile</tt>.
<p>Source code may or may not be available for packages in the "contrib"
and "non-free" directories, which are not formally part of the Debian system.
@@ -424,6 +423,4 @@
apt-able package archive. This is also useful if you'd like to share your
Debian packages while these are not distributed by the Debian project.
Instructions on how to do this are given on the
-<url name="Debian Wiki" id="https://wiki.debian.org/HowToSetupADebianRepository";>
-or in the (obsolete) <url name="Debian Repository HOWTO"
-id="http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/repository-howto/repository-howto";>.
+<url name="Debian Wiki" id="https://wiki.debian.org/HowToSetupADebianRepository";>.
Index: software.sgml
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--- software.sgml (Revision 11150)
+++ software.sgml (Arbeitskopie)
@@ -182,19 +182,6 @@
then search for Italian manual pages under <tt>/usr/share/man/it/</tt>.
</list>
-<sect id="pine">Where is pine?
-
-<p>Due to its restrictive license, it's in the non-free area. Moreover,
-since license does not even allow modified binaries to be distributed,
-you have to compile it yourself from the source and the Debian patches.
-
-<p>The source package name is <package/pine/. You can use the
-<package/pine-tracker/ package to be notified about when you need to
-upgrade.
-
-<p>Note that there are many replacements for both pine and pico, such as
-<package/mutt/ and <package/nano/, that are located in the main section.
-
<sect id="qmail">Where is ezmlm/djbdns/qmail?
<p>Dan J. Bernstein used to distribute <url id="http://cr.yp.to/software.html";
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