On Mon, Mar 15, 2004 at 10:15:02PM -0500, Evan Prodromou wrote: > >>>>> "HM" == Hamish Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > HM> Perhaps it is, but is that important? Anyone who works on > HM> non-free is volunteering their time to do so. Nobody is being > HM> forced or coerced. So if I want to waste my time (in your > HM> opinion) why should you care? > > I don't! Far be it from me to tell you how to spend your free time. If > you want to start a project for distributing non-free packages that > work with Debian, I heartily support you in that venture, and I think > the Debian project should even help you get it off the ground. I wish > you well.
I don't think the removal of non-free from debian.org can be justified on the basis of time & effort alone. Firstly, everyone working on non-free is doing so of their own free will; if they didn't think it was worth the time, they wouldn't do it. Secondly, creating a new site to host non-free packages will cost additional effort to set up then the same effort to maintain. Therefore the net benefit, time-wise, is negative. In any case you misread me; I don't want to start a new project for distributing non-free packages configured for Debian. We have the most suitable method for distributing those packages already and I'm hoping we'll be smart enough not to do away with it. > I mean, the non-free project maintainers will have some of the best > Free Software around to make, distribute, and track those packages. I > think it's going to be a fine, fine project. I'm undecided as to whether I would bother to contribute to non-free.org if Suffield's GR passes. I couldn't care less about a couple of my non-free packages, but I know that a few of them are quite important to our CJK users. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
