Bill Allombert <bill.allomb...@math.u-bordeaux1.fr> writes: > For my part I would prefer to keep the current policy and use Provides > for non-free software.
I think this would be worse from the perspective of not accidentally getting non-free software. Isn't the package installed by dependency when multiple packages Provide that package non-deterministic? Whereas if you list the free dependency first, you always get it by default if it's satisfiable. -- Russ Allbery (r...@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
