Re: Should non-free and contrib packages install to /opt?
Hi,
>>"Fabrizio" == Fabrizio Polacco <fabrizio.polacco@ntc.nokia.com> writes:
Fabrizio> I'm not so sure we were saying that 'contrib' is not part
Fabrizio> of debian.
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5. Programs That Don't Meet Our Free-Software Standards
We acknowledge that some of our users require the use of programs that
don't conform to the Debian Free Software Guidelines. We have created
"contrib" and "non-free" areas in our FTP archive for this software.
The software in these directories is not part of the Debian system,
although it has been configured for use with Debian.
======================================================================
So, the social contract does indeed indicate that contrib is
not part of Debian.
>>
>> If we view non-free/contrib as being "delivered by Debian", then this
>> argument would go against putting non-free/contrib in /opt.
Fabrizio> We should stop considering that things packaged in .deb are
Fabrizio> "delivered by Debian".
True enough. But I think we would be hard pressed to argue
that packages on our ftp site are not "delivered by Debian".
Fabrizio> We should start packaging non-free stuff as an example.
Eh? After all the hullabaloo about packages in main merely
suggesting packages that are not part of Debian, you suggest that we
set an example of packaging non-free? ;-) ;-)
Fabrizio> The ideal would be that people creating non-free programs
Fabrizio> will package them into /opt by themselves. But I don't hold
Fabrizio> my breath. I think in some case we have to drop the
Fabrizio> "official" DD hat and wear the hat of the "third party".
Maybe I am missing something, but I have not yet been
convinced that this is so. Blurring the lines between what is
provided by Debian, and what is not, is a bad idea, I think.
manoj
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