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On Mon, Aug 18, 2003 at 10:44:55AM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > Those installer packages are still in contrib, though, not main. If you > don't want non-free software there's a good chance that you won't want > to include contrib in sources.list either. I've always had a problem with contrib. I'm not aware of the criteria for putting a package in contrib. But it doesn't seem very clear. At first I thought that programs in contrib depended on program in non-free. Then I thought that they depended on some other non-free software from outside of Debian. This is true for most of the stuff in contrib, but there are some exceptions. For example I think dosemu is in contrib, even though you can use it to run Free Software programs for dos. I've used it with djgpp and emacs. This applies to a lesser extent to various emulators and game engines. I mean if the criteria for putting stuff in contrib is that you *can* use it to run non-free software then that pretty much puts everything in contrib. Bijan --2fHTh5uZTiUOsy+g Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/QPLhUof+95vTyAwRArg1AJwKSrqMN2AQUs5Aif4iT0RtLDD4PACfQPRe ZIoXzeHMJgYqiqyvi/QkbH4= =jIB3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --2fHTh5uZTiUOsy+g-- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
