Marco d'Itri writes: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>Various programs in main behave markedly different in the absence of >>certain proprietary network server software -- IM client programs come >>to mind. Do those bits need to be removed from main? > I remember that this was settled on debian-policy@ long ago > (debian-legal@ did not exist yet...).
As far as I can tell, [1] is the only thread that predates -legal and touches on this issue. As far as it comes to a conclusion, it is that bits that depend on non-main packages must go into contrib or non-free. This is consistent with the much more recent work to move firmware-loading kernel drivers out of main. Are IM client programs exempt from this, or should bugs be filed with appropriate severity? [1]- http://lists.debian.org/debian-policy/1998/06/msg00023.html Michael Poole -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
