On Mon, 15 Nov 1999, Ian Stirling wrote:
debian >I like Debian's approach to distributing only gnu free
debian >software. But taking out gif support in the gimp is
debian >going too far IMHO. I prefer that the gimp is not
debian >distributed with Debian if Debian can't leave
debian >the gimp package intact.
i think its a good idea. if you need gif support nothin's stoppin you
from not installing the deb and going for the original tar.gz from
gimp.org(pretend the deb never existed)
or maybe someone can/will come up with a non-free add-on to gimp to add
gif support...who knows
nate
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