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Re: Bug#587279: debian-policy: section 2.2.1 needs some tweaking



On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 01:56:17AM +0100, Carsten Hey wrote:
> This reads like you ask if "main | non-free" should be allowed.  In my
> opinion, the question should rather be if it must be "main | non-free"
> or if both, "main | non-free" and "non-free | main", should be allowed
> and how a possible mechanism to let users choose between "always prefer
> free packages" and "follow the maintainer's recommendation, even it
> a non-free package is preferred" could look like.

That's easy:

Package: *
Pin: release c=non-free
Pin-Priority: 1

in a file in /etc/apt/preferences.d/

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