On Thu, Sep 23, 1999 at 06:15:49PM +1000, Anand Kumria wrote: > > > > > That is, that the only consideration about whether a package should be > > > > > added to main, contrib or non-free be its licensing terms. > > > > > > > > > > Packages that are `too buggy to support' or `fail to meet policy > > > > > requirements in a serious way' should either be fixed (ideally), or > > > > > not > > > > > included in Debian at all. > > Where would: > > 1. Packages from commercial entites that are released under > open-source but install in /usr/local or /opt be placed?
If they're "Open Source", then we can change their installation procedures to install in directories allowed by FHS. > 2. Packages no longer maintained but used by a large section of the > Debian community be placed? They could/might very well have bugs. project/orphaned, simple. -- enJoy -*/\*- don't even try to pronounce my first name
