On Thursday 11 September 2003 09:37, Mark Howard wrote: > On Wed, Sep 10, 2003 at 10:33:39PM +0200, John Leuner wrote: > > I feel that despite whatever decisions we make about free and non-free > > VMs and tools etc, we should firstly pay attention to simply compiling > > our software with free tools and against free libraries or free APIs. > > Doesn't this happen already? Please give examples. If it can be compiled > with free software but isn't, what severity bug should we file? Should > poilcy say that free compilers must be used if they can?
If they are in contrib or even non-free, then they do not violate any policy, so important maybe, but I would say just normal... and certainly not something higher... BTW, is there a bug tracking system for mentors.debian.net? If not, I've got two Java programs and one library for which I can use a sponsor... > > I haven't discussed the question of whether it is correct for a program > > that can be compiled with free software but not run with free software > > to go into main. > > It is not. Agreed. BTW, the debian build deamons won't be able to make it anyway... which is required to enter main, or not? Egon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
