Re: The Gordian Knot (was Re: Negative Summary of the Split Proposal)
On Sun, Jul 11, 1999 at 12:47:13AM -0400, Richard Stallman wrote:
> Please give the components to get
> The components are typically something like: main contrib non-free
>
> Components [main contrib non-free]:
>
> This is a form of the question "do you want to consider
> non-free packages" that I would like to avoid asking.
>
> Could we please remove this question from the default version of apt
> that is in `main'?
>
> Perhaps this question could be asked *if* some non-commented-out line
> in the configuration file lists a non-`main' component.
This is where you start seriously effecting the usability of the system.
Is it not a sufficient compromise to ask that question but accompany it
with a warning about the evils of non-free software?
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