> > > > On Mon, 30 Mar 1998, Bob Hilliard wrote: > > Hello, > > OOPS - I did not mean to start a flame war. May I give > a little more context to my original post? > > I will use the Debian packages when I can. If xv doesn't > come with Debian, maybe I will use a substitue if it is > as functional, or close.
Have a look at `display' from the imagemagic package. It has at least the same amount of options as xv has, though not exactly the same ones. > However there are packages > like netpbm which, to my knowledge cannot be replaced. > If this package was not available as a > debian package, I would have to go with another distribution or > hunt the net for the tarball and compile it. > However, netpbm is available from debian.org, so I will > download it. A pain since I have a bad connection. I have always been surprised that xpaint more or less depends on this, but still is in the main distribution, not in contrib. I also found that some of the netpbm utilities are incapable of handling really big files, so a replacement for these utils would indeed be nice. > I hope you continue to support packages like xv and netpbm. > I think there are too many good packages out there for > the freeware community to ignore. If you support them > please make them as easily accessible as possible. I basicly agree with this, but I think the debian project should try and find free replacements for these popular non-free packages. I believe xv's functionality can be replaced by display, and maybe electric eye that comes with gnome. Maybe it would be a good idea to make a list of popular non-free apps, and their free replacements if there are any. Eric Meijer -- E.L. Meijer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) | tel. office +31 40 2472189 Eindhoven Univ. of Technology | tel. lab. +31 40 2475032 Lab. for Catalysis and Inorg. Chem. (TAK) | tel. fax +31 40 2455054 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
