On Thursday 24 June 1999, at 11 h 8, the keyboard of Ionutz Borcoman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> of the packages (main, non-free and contrib), but add these: > - as suggested, a file that briefly explain why package is in non-free I agree. Just try to see why TAO is non-free in <http://cgi.debian.org/cgi-bin/ get-copyright?package=tao> to get the idea. But it is not necessary to have a new file README.non-free. A field in the copyright (of course added by dh_make) would suffice: This package is non free because <explain why or delete this line is the package is free> > - same stuff added to the description of the package Yes. At the present time, we have no way to implement VRMS (Virtual rms is a program which scans your list of installed packages and displays all the non-free stuff) and it is a problem (if I take over the maintenance of a Debian box and I want to get rid of all the non-free stuff, I cannot, except by reading every licence). Of course, the proposed README.non-free, while ugly, has the advantage that you don't modify dpkg... This proposal goes into the right direction; instead of trying to find pathetic measures to keep people away from non-free, try to make sure that people who want only free stuff can actually do it (which is not yet possible). This is freedom, for me. > If we want to promote the free stuff, then apt/dselect should have by > default only the main in them. The docos should say how you can add > non-free and contrib if this is what user want. Warning: this will crush debian-user under this new FAQ. (Remember the thread about Suggests:?)
