Hi, Quoting Jens Reyer (2021-07-04 14:36:13) > On 08.04.21 22:47, Johannes 'josch' Schauer wrote: > > a recent threat on debian-devel [1] revealed that winetricks falls into the > > same category as other packages that are happily sitting in main. > > Specifically, winetricks not only allows to download non-free software but > > also DFSG-free software like dxvk or faudio. As such it is in the same > > category as many other packages in main that allow to download both free > > and non-free binaries from the internet if the user requests it to do so. > > > > Since other packages that allow to download and run non-free stuff are > > allowed in main I think winetricks can be uploaded to main. > > > > The advantage would be that this would make it easier for our users to > > install winetricks. > > > > Thanks! > > > > cheers, josch > > > > [1] https://lists.debian.org/20210404091701.eum2iid4ffvpfn3v@frifot > > thanks, I agree that winetricks can be moved to "main". Although the thread > was not completely in favor of doing so, I think there was a loose consensus > that this is ok. > > I'm a DM, so I can't upload to NEW which (afair) is required for such a > change. I'd appreciate it if you or some other DD directly took care of > that after the freeze (without me preparing this trivial change upload). > > Since I'm in the process of stepping down as Debian maintainer I generally > welcome anyone taking over winetricks maintainership. I would upload the package to main/experimental today if you have no objections? Thanks! cheers, josch
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