On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 12:25:21PM -0600, Steve Langasek wrote: > On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 12:51:52PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > > > So, we have a situation where the #1 and #3 packages installed from > > > "non-free" on people's systems are not actually present in Debian's > > > non-free (any more). Also, no version of Java later than 1.1 is > > > present. > > > yep, but these are also the most high profile packages. I guess the > > situation is different for other packages in non-free. > > > Also, installing java stuff from third party sources is a pain. See for > > example the problem with mozilla-cvs and mozilla-snapshot, which you > > have to hand fix in the postinst. Also, there is no 1.4 .deb for powerpc > > for example. > > I'm not sure how this is germane to the discussion. We've already > established that there are no packages of recent Java implementations > that we *can* distribute in non-free, so it doesn't affect the question > of keeping non-free.
Well, it establish that third party debian packages are in general of lower quality than debian debian packages, even those which are in non-free. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
