On Thu, Nov 02, 2000 at 08:29:05AM +0000, Julian Gilbey wrote: > > > Package: packaging-manual > > > > > > Packaging Manual 4.2.14 treats stable, unstable, contrib and non-free > > > as "Distributions", which is no longer true for contrib and non-free. > > > > > > sources.list(5) calls main, contrib and non-free "components", so I'd > > > like to see that word in the packaging manual as well. > > > > Note that this bug has been fixed in the new policy packaging manual, which > > should be uploaded soon, I hope. > > > > The extra text has been placed in a footnote, and contrib and non-free are > > listed separately, as sections. I'd prefer calling them `add-ons', though, > > because `sections' implies being a part of something, and those two are not > > a part of the distribution, just part of the FTP site. > > Unfortunately, as I posted yesterday, the policy packaging manual > still has it wrong: they should not be mentioned in that section at > all (they never end up in the Distribution: field).
Ah, right. But anyway, stuff in footnotes isn't a policy error. -- Digital Electronic Being Intended for Assassination and Nullification
