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Re: Proposal - Amendment - allow hardware support from non-free into the debian system



On Tue, Sep 05, 2006 at 03:53:00PM +0100, MJ Ray wrote:
> Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr>

>> Why do you mention the admin section of the non-free archive ? I
>> mean, sections are mostly obsolet with the new pool structure, and
>> it is not clear what is meant here.

> I mean packages with a Section: control field of non-free/admin.
> Even if it's mostly obsolete, ftpmasters and others are still
> regulating it, yes?

Yes and no. They seem to be at least somewhat judging change requests
and new packages, but unwilling to pick up old cruft (such as aleph,
intercal and whitespace being priority optional); they have better and
more urgent things to do.

-- 
Lionel



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