Re: non-free removal GR and our position to it ...
Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr> writes:
> Hello,
>
> I don't know if you are aware of that, but a discussion has been raging
> on debian-vote about the removal of non-free from our archive, our BTS,
> and so on.
>
> I have been involved in it (even proposed a GR ammendment, altough it
> was a bit 'bancal'), and also since i am involved with non-free as DD (i
> maintain the unicorn ADSL modem drivers) and as user (i need lha, but
> also also because of ocaml-doc and ocaml-books).
>
> Since the debian-ocaml team is involved with 3 packages in non-free, i
> would like to hear about your/our position on this issue (well, and
> eventually second the anti-non-free removal if you feel like this).
[...]
> So, what is our position on this, both individually and as a group ?
Well, individually, as the maintainer of ocaml-doc, but also as an
user of debian, I really don't see any advantage for debian to remove
non-free, and I see several advantage for debian to have it, so I'm
completely against such a proposition.
--
Rémi Vanicat
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