***** BC => Ben Collins BC> This is a proposal for a better system to handle 'restricted' BC> packages (currently non-US). I sent this to here so as to avoid BC> the nonsense that sometimes intermixes on the developers list with BC> legitimate posts. If it is recieved well then I planned to forward BC> it to the dpkg and ftp lists as well for consideration. I feel the site layout should be the other way round. Please, see <87k90vikfm.fsf@hal.olympus.fake> on debian-devel to see why. Shortly, I propose to create special trees for special countries (like US, FR, and the like), which are likely to be few, filled with symlinks to only those packages of the full Debian allowed in those country. This has the advantage of making evident which packages each country is allowed to have on its mirrors (most countries will have the full Debian, while a few restricted ones will have their appropriately restricted Debian). Moreover, it has the conceptual advantage of making evident that Debian includes all of the free packages, regardless of their specific restrictions. Ben, please, consider the points above and merge them with your proposal if you feel like it. Thanks,
Davide G. M. Salvetti - IW5DZC [JN53fr] - <http://salve.home.ml.org/> Have a look at Debian GNU/Linux: <http://www.debian.org/>.
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