On Wed, Mar 02, 2011 at 09:41:00AM -0500, Scott Kitterman wrote: > Why? If the user has made the choice to use non-free and the maintainer > concludes that's a more technically capable solution for users that choose to > use it, why should the project raise barriers to that choice?
Because packages not in Debian will be pulled in by packages in main automatically. And also because, for better or for worse, handling non-initial alternate dependencies is still very much of a crapshoot in Debian. Thus the first alternative will be the most likely to be installed in a variety of situations, and that should be something in main if possible. It avoids breakage in the situation where non-free and contrib are *not* in use, and it prioritizes the closure of main over the use of non-free software. -- brian m. carlson / brian with sandals: Houston, Texas, US +1 832 623 2791 | http://www.crustytoothpaste.net/~bmc | My opinion only OpenPGP: RSA v4 4096b: 88AC E9B2 9196 305B A994 7552 F1BA 225C 0223 B187
signature.asc
Description: Digital signature
