On Mon, May 03, 1999 at 02:21:40PM +0300, Brock Rozen wrote: > > Blah. If a program, foobar, is linked against the non-free libevil, > > it goes in contrib. The fact that someone is planning, writing or > > even thinking about writing a libgood DFSG replacement for libevil, > > does *not* mean we put foobar in the main. In the same way the fact > > that there is _currently_ no free server is all that matters. > > Agreed. If the whole deal, which should include all the packages it relies > upon (required packages), isn't available to be put in main, then it > should be a very obvious decision as to where the package that relies on > them should go. > > Of course, when the situation changes, THEN you can move it into main -- > but why should it be there any sooner? There is NOTHING on your system that is non-free which icq depends on to run, is there? Or is the fact that you're probably going to use the main icq server with it like everyone else good enough to make it only contrib worthy? Does it matter that there are other projects out there (at least one with working (if you call an alpha "working") code) which could be used in place of the server? Even if most people will continue to use the non-free server anyway because the point isn't the server but the userbase? -- Joseph Carter <knghtbrd@debian.org> Debian GNU/Linux developer PGP: E8D68481E3A8BB77 8EE22996C9445FBE The Source Comes First! ------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Overfiend ponders doing an NMU of asclock, in which he simply changes the extended description to "If you bend over and put your head between your legs, you can read the time off your assclock." <doogie> Overfiend: go to bed.
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