On Tue, May 04, 2004 at 12:16:25AM +0200, Osamu Aoki wrote: Hi,
> Here is the list of rationale raised for this proposal: > * People can make mistake and should be allowed to correct it. > * This deserves to be an option on the ballet. > * Full impact assessment by Anthony Towns [3] revealed the hidden issues. > * We need to get the sarge out the door ASAP. [4] > * All other proposed GRs to get the sarge out are better than the > situation created by GR (2004-003). But they still seem to put heavy > limitations on the past-sarge releases. This proposal solves them > for good. Are you sure about this? The problem is posed by RC issues which were tagged sarge-ignore. This means that they would be ignored *only* for sarge, and not allowed to remain after. > * Change of SC by GR (2004-003) was not clarification but a radical > change which subverts the original intent of the old SC. So the original intent of the SC was to have non-free non-software in main? I remember Bruce Perens saying the opposite (but I'm too lazy to search where, so I may be in mistake). Have you got any reference which confirms this interpretation? Bye, Guido