On Sat, Mar 01, 2003 at 10:22:20PM +0100, Johannes Rohr wrote: > Well I fully agree with you, but let me explain: Completely by chance > I took over maintainership of the f-prot-installer package, which is > in contrib. Since an installer package may easily fail (when the > vendor changes file names, download locations, the internal structure > of their package, etc.), I am examining if it is possible to replace > the installer package with a package that contains the actual > software. So I'm not planning to make more non-free software available > to Debian users, but simply to replace an existing package by > something that is presumably easier to maintain and install. Ok. In that case, I agree that a non-free package is better than an installer in contrib. > Personally, BTW, I would really, really prefer to maintain Free > Software, not *only* for political reasons but also because a > commercial vendor is obviously the least responsive upstream you can > have. And also, not having access to the source really sucks badly > (even if for non-hackers like me)! > You suggested considering alternatives. So far I haven't heard of any > free-as-in-freedom virus scanner, let alone a production-quality > one. Did I miss something? If yes, please let me know! Have you looked at the packages amavis-ng and clamav? I've heard good things about these DFSG-free virus tools, but haven't tried them yet myself. Regards, -- Steve Langasek postmodern programmer
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