Re: Bug#45318: PROPOSAL] Amend contrib definition
On Fri, 17 Sep 1999, Josip Rodin wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 17, 1999 at 11:14:44AM +0200, J.H.M. Dassen Ray" wrote:
> > > > That is, that the only consideration about whether a package should be
> > > > added to main, contrib or non-free be its licensing terms.
> > > >
> > > > Packages that are `too buggy to support' or `fail to meet policy
> > > > requirements in a serious way' should either be fixed (ideally), or not
> > > > included in Debian at all.
> > >
Where would:
1. Packages from commercial entites that are released under
open-source but install in /usr/local or /opt be placed?
2. Packages no longer maintained but used by a large section of the
Debian community be placed? They could/might very well have bugs.
Anand.
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