On Wed, 2004-02-25 at 22:33, MJ Ray wrote: > On 2004-02-24 17:11:09 +0000 Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> I think it makes it even more important that we are clear and > >> unambiguous > >> in the message: "non-free is not part of the Debian operating > >> system". > > But forgetting what we told in section 5, about supporting our users > > which need non-free.
The support for our users can be in different ways - does it necessarily need to mean we provide a non-free archive? (I think the irony would be that meta-infrastructure packages will be developed that make the creation and maintenance of non-free archives so much easier, thus we will have "apt-get access" to much more non-free software, yet on the other hand Debian would be truer to its DFSG roots.) It is always difficult to change the status quo - given that people start out with and build expectations. Attempt to mess with people's expectations and we humans are easily upset. On a more cynical note, to what extent do we support our users "which need [pick anything unreasonable (eg. cheeseburgers, grenades or s00p3r v146r4)]"? The proposals are to move that line in the sand. cheers zen
