Better descriptions for non-free packages (Was: weekly policy summary)
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I'd really like it if non-free packages (especially those being
referred to from packages in main) would be clearer on *what exactly*
they provide (and thus, what exactly one loses if they're no
installed).
For example, tetex-nonfree... I can only guess from the sparse
description, and I'm not even a TeX newbie... for someone who's at "I
know I need TeX, but I don't know what everything's for", this is an
even harder call to make.
So... tetex-nonfree (and other similar packages) should clearly say
(even if the description grows somewhat): If you don't install this,
you can't do the following. (Or rather: If you install this, you'll
be able to do this...)
Currently, the only option one has is not to install such a package
and then wait for whatever to break. Which is not a good solution.
Anyway,
Bye, J
PS: I'd make a policy proposal outta this... if I were a developer.
But I can still hope someone would adopt it...
PPS: I am *not* against non-free in general... I'd only hope the
choices a user has would be moe obvious...
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