Re: [PROPOSED] Change package relations policy to remove references to non-free from main
Hi,
>>"Wichert" == Wichert Akkerman <wichert@cistron.nl> writes:
Wichert> Yes and no. It's actually a nice addition to the current sent of
Wichert> relations since we had no way for this kind of reverse relation.
I agree.
Wichert> It's true that for some of the existing relations replacing
Wichert> Suggests with Recommends puts the responsibility on the
Wichert> wrong package. However a reverse relation is the only way to
Wichert> completely remove references to non-main packages from main,
Since when has political corectness and quick hacks been
favoured over doing things teh right way? The correct thing is not to
coerce the relationship into what it is not because we have been
cowed by the FSF.
Wichert> which is what this proposal is all about. It's not all about
Wichert> design, there is a political message here as well. We want
Wichert> to be able to have a completely free system and be able to
Wichert> say "here, you can use this and you'll be happy. You don't
Wichert> need anything that's not free at all". If we put weaken
Wichert> Suggest or create a new weaker version of it we don't do
Wichert> that since we still tell people that there are non-free
Wichert> packages that can improve things.
For gods, sake, there's your answert. Do not *SHOW* people the
non-free package, or ever allude to t in any UI. Have dpkg and
dselect and apt not offer non-free package, unless told. That is what
you *WNAT* to do. These hacks being propsed here are, IMHO, grotesque.
I would strongly oppose any dilution of technical design for
the sake of religion. Espescially since the only thing preventing us
from the right solution seems to be, well, laziness.
Why can't we set up our package management system to do the
politically correvct thing for those who choose to be politically
correct without imposing our religion on evryone?
manoj
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