On Tue, Jan 06, 2004 at 11:51:15AM +0100, Michael Banck wrote: > On Tue, Jan 06, 2004 at 10:33:51AM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > > And what was my last example, a yes, lha. I hear there are some free > > versions of this one around. I would be happy to package it if this was > > the case, please point me to alternatives, and we can remove lha from > > non-free, no problem. > > [...] > > > And i would support a way of removing non-free that is flexible. Let's > > say that we say we provide infrastructure for distributing non-free, but > > also to help orient people to free alternative, either as users or as > > developers. > > You don't want to look yourself for free replacements for your *own* > needs, but propose that "we [...] help orient people to free > alternatives"? Without volunteers, this will not work.
Yeah sure, but a package in debian/non-free is a nice way to conduct such business. There is the BTS to communicate with users, and a legitimacy when speaking to upstream that you don't get from a random package on a random apt source. Also, notice that i am prefectly happy with the status quo, and that it is the people who are wanting to remove non-free who i challenge to take this actions. By putting their actions were their mouth is, and to contribute to freeing or replacing non-free software actively, instead of this bullying of their fellow debian devels. Friendly, Sven Luther
