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Re: [PROPOSED] Change package relations policy to remove references to non-free from main



> [in one message]
> Raul Miller <moth@debian.org> writes:
> 
> > Personally, I think that hard-coding into a DFSG package a reference
> > to some non-DFSG package is rather grotesque.  I'm disappointed that
> > we disagree on this issue.
> 
> [in another message]
> Chris Waters <xtifr@dsp.net> writes:

On Fri, Dec 03, 1999 at 12:19:57AM -0800, Chris Waters wrote:
> > The other objection I've seen is, basically, "the purity of the system
> > is marred by the very presence of even the *names* of non-free
> > packages."  My opinion of this notion is unprintable.  :-)
> 
> I can't think of anything to add to that.  Except to comment that it
> might be rather difficult to document samba if you could never refer
> to non-free software.  :-)

You're suggesting you don't recognize the difference between package
structure and documentation?

-- 
Raul


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