On Sat, Mar 24, 2007 at 10:01:09PM +0000, Rob Andrews wrote: > On 24-Mar-2007 21:06.39 (GMT), Robert Millan wrote: > > > This also allows the usage of free plugins as well. > > > Feasibly, ia32-libs' only purpose is to allow the execution of software > that > > > cannot be recompiled natively. By example, that should also be in > contrib. > > How many free plugins are out there that don't work on amd64 ? > > Few, but feasibly someone could choose to use an i386 binary of a GPLed > project with nspluginwrapper.
How feasable is that? Can you give an example? Also note that if GPLed plugins that have 64-bit issues, it's more productive to fix those issues than running them through a wrapper that presumably has other problems (reportedly, crash conditions). In the context of a pure DFSG environment, I see a loss in that rather than a gain (in the sense that it misleads users into addressing the wrong problems). (of course, without the context of a pure DFSG env this may no longer apply, but then we're in contrib land already ;-)). > What users choose to do with the software is > not a reflection on the software itself. We don't consider unfeasible uses of software to stablish main/contrib separation. Think of the implications: one could argue that flashplugin-nonfree belongs in main, because you can copy the script to /dev/random to fill your entropy pool :-) I don't claim that nspluginwrapper use in a pure DFSG env is unfeasible, but I haven't seen anything supporting that, and to me it seems unlikely. > The area of what software it could run is dependant on how the user chooses > to use it. As I mentioned, ia32-libs' primary purpose is to run software > that cannot be recompiled for amd64/ia64. However, it can feasibly both run > free and non-free software. But it goes into main. ia32-libs can be useful if you want to run apache in 32-bit mode because this gives you higher memory efficiency in a performance-critical environment. > Never the less, if it's decided that nspluginwrapper should go into contrib, > then into contrib it should go. I suppose that we're deciding that as we speak :-) -- Robert Millan My spam trap is [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note: this address is only intended for spam harvesters. Writing to it will get you added to my black list. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
