On Mon, Mar 08, 2004 at 12:59:55PM +0000, MJ Ray wrote: > On 2004-03-08 12:31:05 +0000 Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > >On Fri, Mar 05, 2004 at 05:39:53PM +0000, MJ Ray wrote: > >>I think that it may encourage improved support for non-Debian-hosted > >>packages in general, including project-produced packages and > >>backport > >>projects. > > > >And ? Is this a good thing, or a negative effect on the global amount > >of > >non-free sfotware in general ? > > A good thing. It means that more software gets packaged for debian and > probably more people would use debian. I don't really care about > negative effects on non-free software in general in this case. I > support the Suffield drop GR to improve Debian, not to harm non-free.
You don't care about it, or you willingly close your eyes to it, in order to achieve the short term goal of having debian no more distribute the non-free section ? > >This would mean, not having a relative small, and negatively viewed > >non-free repository on the debian archive, but an officially > >recognized > >proliferation of third party non-free packages we have no control on. > > I want a proliferation of third-party free packages for debian. Third > party non-free (like j2* packages) already exist and I doubt they > would grow as quickly as free ones. What about binary-only hardware drivers ? I wish you good luck to run advanced 3D graphics on powerpc hardware for example, especially on modern powerbooks. Friendly, Sven Luther
