One effect of removing non-free from Debian [...]
This is confusing. non-free is not in Debian, so it cannot be removed from it.
Both of those are bad for Debian -- reimplementing infrastructure sucks up time and energy of maintainers on work that doesn't benefit free software;
Support for non-free already does this, although we disagree about how much.
and reducing the available support for our users who need non-free software makes their lives more painful, or encourages them to switch to a differentdistribution.
Or it may encourage them to move to free software, making their lives easier, especially if we provide good migration help as suggested by some current non-free users.
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One way of demonstrating that the effort is trivial is to setup all thatinfrastructure.
Besides the obvious absurdity, I suspect that some of the suggestors will vote against even if this is done. People who want it should set it up when it is needed.
People who disagree with the use of a separate non-free repository surelywouldn't be arguing for its creation, though, no?
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