On Feb 06, Raul Miller wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 06, 2001 at 11:39:22AM -0500, Raul Miller wrote:
> > For inclusion in non-free, which is more significant: access to source
> > code or 100% FHS compliance?
>
> A further comment (from Paul Jarc):
>
> The FHS says: "The /usr/local hierarchy is for use by the system
> administrator when installing software locally. It needs to be safe
> from being overwritten when the system software is updated." It doesn't
> say anything about whether the software installed in /usr/local comes
> from the same distributor as the OS.
>
> Imagine a patch to dpkg where any file with a prefix mentioned in
> /etc/dpkg/protected would not be overwritten unless it already
> is mentioned in dpkg's configuration database.
\begin{sophistry}
Since non-free isn't part of Debian-the-distribution, is it really
subject to policy? Sure, it'd be nice if the stuff in there followed
policy, but since it's not Debian who cares.
\end{sophistry}
So, it's a non-issue. djb's software could install in /root/djb-roolz
and it wouldn't be a problem... :-)
Chris
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