I'd understood this line as it's required to have a secure system. I thought these non-free/contrib packages are inextricably involved.
On 11.09.2014 18:08, Thijs Kinkhorst wrote: > On Wed, September 10, 2014 22:27, Yves-Alexis Perez wrote: >>>> I'm adding debian-www (contact point for all web pages) to >>>> CC: so they can get a look. >>> >>> This section is handled by the security team (people in the >>> team have commit access), but if they feel the need to let >>> someone else fix stuff on their behalf, they’re welcome to >>> provide explicit guidance of what is to fix, and how. >> >> Is there anything else than CVS available in order to provide a >> patch? I think removing the "contrib non-free" part would be ok >> (and maybe add them to the security FAQ so people actually >> interested by those suites can add the information themselves, >> although I'm unsure what does the installer do right now). >> >> Team, what do you think? > > I think the original claim that this "recommends" or advocates > non-free is firmly overstating things. The line just documents how > you can use security updates and shows the suites that are > available. If you don't want some of those suites it's trivial to > leave them off. > > Seems like a non-issue to me. Has this actually caused a problem > for someone? > > > Cheers, Thijs > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
