On Wed, Aug 16, 2000 at 10:25:28AM +0200, Santiago Vila wrote: > > > Why would a package be in contrib if it didn't depend on non-free? I > > > thought that that was the current definition of contrib: DFSG-free, but > > > requires something from outside of main (e.g., contrib or non-free). > > > > A dependency on non-us will also land a package in contrib. > > I think there was a proposal to change that, so that packages which depend > on packages in non-US/main remain in non-US/main.
It was - no objections, but very little support either. This caused the proposal to be rejected. -- Joseph Carter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> GnuPG key 1024D/DCF9DAB3 Debian GNU/Linux (http://www.debian.org/) 20F6 2261 F185 7A3E 79FC The QuakeForge Project (http://quakeforge.net/) 44F9 8FF7 D7A3 DCF9 DAB3 <Mercury> Be warned, I have a keyboard I can use to beat luser's heads in, and then continue to use... (=:] <Deek> Mercury: Oh, an IBM. :)
