Re: [PROPOSED] Change package relations policy to remove references to non-free from main
On Mon, Nov 29, 1999 at 10:06:39PM +0100, Wichert Akkerman wrote:
> > need anything that's not free at all". If we put weaken Suggest or
> > create a new weaker version of it we don't do that since we still
> > tell people that there are non-free packages that can improve things.
On Mon, Nov 29, 1999 at 10:39:03PM +0000, Julian Gilbey wrote:
> But sadly, on occasion, this is the case.
Hmm..
Go over to debian-legal and read the Corel threads there, then come back
and tell me that everyone is happy, in general, about debian distributions
which mix free and non-free software.
And note that with Enhances: we still tell people that there are non-free
packages that can improve things -- but the set of non-free packages is
configurable, and not wedded to Debian.
More generally, please don't mistake the current contents of non-free
with future debian distributions:
In my opinion, switching from Suggests: <non-free-package> to the reverse
non-free Enhances: <free package> is very important for debian. We have
a small collection of non-free software, but it's very likely that other
organizations will build on our free software base and supply their own
set of non-free software. Designing our system so that they can coexist
with us is going to mean less silly forking of package instances, and
that's a good thing, I think.
--
Raul
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