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Bug#492406: Package which require to download non-free content should be in contrib



On Sat, 26 Jul 2008 10:46:55 +0200 (CEST)
"Thijs Kinkhorst" <thijs@debian.org> wrote:

> On Fri, July 25, 2008 23:10, Russ Allbery wrote:
> > Daniel Dickinson <cshore@wightman.ca> writes:
> >> Packages like msttcorefonts cannot be installed without downloading
> >> content that would be in non-free, or cannot be included in debian
> >> at all, if packaged and should therefore be in contrib.
> >
> > I'm guessing that you don't consider section 2.2.1 and 2.2.2 to be
> > sufficiently clear on this?  To me, that's what "must not require a
> > package outside of main for compilation or execution" means, so I
> > think the language already covers this, but I may be too close to
> > it.
> 
> I think that aswell - and all such packages I know of including the
> mentioned msttcorefonts already are in contrib so it seems to be
> clearly understood by the present audience.

Sorry about that.  I forgot that I added contrib to my list so thought
it was in main.   My bad.  This bug can be safely closed.

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