2008/1/6, Petter Reinholdtsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > There is no need to have them in contrib for other arches. You seem > to assume that packages in main need to work on all architectures. As > far as I know, there is no such requirement. It only need to work on > at least one. The policy section 2.2.1 (the main category) reads: > > Every package in main must comply with the DFSG (Debian Free > Software Guidelines). > > In addition, the packages in main > - must not require a package outside of main for compilation or > execution (thus, the package must not declare a "Depends", > "Recommends", or "Build-Depends" relationship on a non-main > package),
But on other arches, the package will require a package *outside* of main! > - must not be so buggy that we refuse to support them, and > - must meet all policy requirements presented in this manual. > > Nothing there require it to work on _all_ architectures. Those on > architectures where a package in main does not work yet, are free to > port it to their architecture (as it is following DFSG), but there is > no requirement for anyone to do it. but they do work on arches that have a non-free jvm so they have to go to contrib. > I fail to see how it make a difference for users of architectures > where a given package do not work if that package is available in main > or contrib. They still need to get extra software from somewhere, > change their hardware, or port the software to their architecture. > The location of the source or binary do not affect their options, > while it do change the options for those architectures where the > package in question do work. libhibernate3-java works on powerpc with IBM's non-free jvm and is in contrib. It'll work with Icedtea/OpenJDK. Will you put libhibernate3-java in main?! That's the problem. You cannot say libhibernate3-java is in main because on other arches then x86, it needs software outside of main, so it must be in contrib! -- Arnaud Vandyck -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
