On Thu, Jul 17, 2003 at 04:04:46PM +0200, Frank Küster wrote: > Matt Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > > mizar:[~] apt-cache show agrep G Section > > Section: non-free/text > > > > http://www.debian.org/doc/developers-reference/ch-resources.en.html#s4.6.1 > > So what? In the first sentence quoted, "in Debian" is clearly not meant > in that sense. Still a package named agrep is in Debian's non-free > repository, can be installed via the debian-package management tools, > can probably be found on some CD's named "Debian", is covered by the BTS > and so on.
This kind of misinformation is exactly why we would be better off without non-free. If you had bothered to do some trivial research, you would already know that non-free would never be on a Debian CD, and that some of the packages in non-free are there exactly because their redistribution is restricted. > So, is this program the same as the one referred to in the subject? It makes no difference to me. -- - mdz -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
