> > Raul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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.
On Thu, Dec 02, 1999 at 07:20:39PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > I don't think that's any worse than having a GPL-compatible package > reference a non-GPL-compatible package, if we were to have a gpl-only > distribution. Huh? If we were building an independent (not debian) distribution then I can see your point. But we've already got a definition for what's debian vs. what's not. And the point is: we are supposed to support non-free packages, we're not supposed to make them a part of debian. > Personally, I think as far as words in a packages file go, or as far as > the output from dpkg -s goes, we ought to be satisfied with just ensuring > that suggests: foo is only done from a Debian package if foo is another > Debian package. Exactly. Non-free packages aren't debian packages -- even if we've graciously decided to distribute them from our ftp sites. I think a lot of people have lost sight of this. -- Raul
