Re: GR: Removal of non-free
On Sun, Dec 28, 2003 at 02:29:41PM +0900, Junichi Uekawa wrote:
> > > Hmm... that will significantly degrade the ability to
> > > read japanese pdf files.
> >
> > Since non-free software is not now part of the Debian distribution, it
> > will have no effect.
> >
> > If people that include non-free in their sources list are unable to
> > point to another non-free archive, why is it so hard?
>
> You are effectively saying that people who are using non-free should be forced to
> reconfigure their mirror servers, and their apt sources list.
>
> That is somewhat uncomfortable; and besides, non-free is there for
> convenience until we have a completely free operating system.
Yep, and non-free packages can be removed once they have a free
replacement.
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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