Bug#4078: lynx should be in `contrib'

1996-08-14 Thread Michael Meskes
Lars Wirzenius writes: I guess I'm repeating myself, but oh well. In my opinion, the main Debian distribution (i.e., not including non-free or contrib) should consist only of free software, where the definition of free includes the requirement that source code is available and that the program

Re: Bug#4078: lynx should be in `contrib'

1996-08-13 Thread Fernando
On Mon, 12 Aug 1996, Michael Meskes wrote: I'd like to ask the other developers what they think. While I see th elogic behind your approach I still think LyX should be an official part of Debian. Me too. However, I think that the way to accomplish that is to persuade the XForms authors to

Re: Bug#4078: lynx should be in `contrib'

1996-08-13 Thread Frank Neumann
Hi, Michael Meskes wrote: I'd like to ask the other developers what they think. While I see th elogic behind your approach I still think LyX should be an official part of Debian. What happens if I recompile it statically? Would it go into the standard tree then? Being a Debian/m68k user,

Re: Bug#4078: lynx should be in `contrib'

1996-08-13 Thread Mr Stuart Lamble
Michael Meskes wrote: Ian Jackson writes: No, because packages which depend on contrib packages must go in contrib too. Hmm, that wasn't what was said a while ago when we moved xforms. I'd like to ask the other developers what they think. While I see th elogic behind your approach I

Re: Bug#4078: lynx should be in `contrib'

1996-08-13 Thread Lars Wirzenius
Michael Meskes: I'd like to ask the other developers what they think. I guess I'm repeating myself, but oh well. In my opinion, the main Debian distribution (i.e., not including non-free or contrib) should consist only of free software, where the definition of free includes the requirement that

Bug#4078: lynx should be in `contrib'

1996-08-09 Thread Ian Jackson
Package: lyx, ftp.debian.org Version: 0.9.28-1 This package depends on a non-free package (xforms). It should be in contrib, not in the distribution proper. Ian.

Bug#4078: lynx should be in `contrib'

1996-08-09 Thread Lars Wirzenius
Subject: Bug#4078: lynx should be in `contrib' Package: lyx, ftp.debian.org I assume that the subject is wrong? (Actually, I know it is, but I'm not sure if it matters for the bug system.) -- Lars Wirzenius [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.iki.fi/liw/ Please don't Cc: me when replying to my