Re: Data section (#38902)
Darren O. Benham wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 16, 1999 at 02:35:04PM -0700, Joey Hess wrote:
> > Data section (#38902)
> > * Stalled for 1 week.
> > * Proposed on 3 Jun 1999 by Darren O. Benham; seconded by Peter S
> > Galbraith, Peter Makholm and Peter Makholm.
> > * "Since there is interest in packaging census data, maps, genome
> > data and other huge datasets I and since most people agreed that
> > dropping them in main or contrib is not a great idea, I propose
> > the creation of a data section to reside along side of main,
> > contrib and non-free." Includes rules about what goes in this
> > section.
> So what's the next step? Nobody appears to be objecting to this idea...
> All comments have been favorable...
If we have a consensus on this, it goes in. I can't always catch a
consensus. I'll mark it so in the next posting unless people object.
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see shy jo
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