On Tue, Jan 13, 2004 at 04:26:21PM +0100, Jérôme Marant wrote: > Quoting Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > The apt system is structured in such a way that you can use any > > > repository you want. Splitting non-free out of debian will simply imply > > > that debian machines wont host non-free packages anymore. We will > > > probably see the creation of something like non-free-debian.org which > > > will ship all those packages. All the users willing to use non-free > > > packages will just have to add the relevant lines in their sources.list. > > > > And what about the BTS, and other developer infrastructures ? > > Can be installed on third party machines as well.
Yep, but by whom ? On whose third party machines, and with which infrastructure ? > > And in particular, does that mean that we will drop ocaml-doc, > > ocaml-books-en and ocaml-books-fr ? > > Not really a problem. Again, it is a matter of moving every non-free > stuff out of debian.org resources. It doesn't mean we can't setup > something satisfactory elsewhere. Do you volunteer for it then ? > > > It's just a matter of standardizing a well-known repository of non-free > > > packages and move it out of debian. Really. > > > > Yeah, except the burden will be on the developers of non-free stuff, > > which have more interesting things to do with their time. > > We don't care for them. Thanks, Friendly, Sven Luther
