On Mon, Aug 18, 2003 at 11:38:09AM -0400, Bijan Soleymani wrote: > 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.
AFAIK, it's detailed here: http://www.debian.org/doc/developers-reference/ch-resources.en.html#s4.6.1 from the above link: Packages in the contrib section have to comply with the DFSG, but may fail other requirements. For instance, they may depend on non-free packages. -- Jamin W. Collins To be nobody but yourself when the whole world is trying it's best night and day to make you everybody else is to fight the hardest battle any human being will fight. -- E.E. Cummings -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
