On Tue, Jun 15, 1999 at 01:45:09PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > > What if it is true? What if the non-free software does indeed > provide functionality missing in Debian? We bury our heads in the > sand and pretend that it does not exist? We do our users a disservice > and make it harder for them to discover and istall the missing > functionality?
Back when this was discussed, the argumentation was way beyond that already. It's not about hiding non-free software. It's about having the _choice_. If I, as a user, am offended by non-free software, I want to have the choice to switch off, quite actively, all references to non-free. If I, as a user, want to see them, I should be able to switch them on. Currently, dselect will not respect my wish and show me all references to non-free software regardless if I want to see them or not. Both suggestions that have been extracted from the very long discussion make it possible to have a choice. Not _we_ should make this decision. The user should. That's what the proposals are about. Thanks, Marcus -- `Rhubarb is no Egyptian god.' Debian http://www.debian.org finger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann GNU http://www.gnu.org master.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] for public PGP Key http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ PGP Key ID 36E7CD09
