Re: FHS, netscape and Dan Bernstein

2001-02-06 Thread Raul Miller
On Tue, 6 Feb 2001, Raul Miller wrote: > > Please see: http://cr.yp.to/distributors.html On Wed, Feb 07, 2001 at 10:27:47AM +1100, Matthew Palmer wrote: > The holes in that page are so large you could drive fleets of roadtrains > through them. I'm disregarding this as a troll. > I refer specif

Re: FHS, netscape and Dan Bernstein

2001-02-06 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Tue, 6 Feb 2001, Raul Miller wrote: > Please see: http://cr.yp.to/distributors.html The holes in that page are so large you could drive fleets of roadtrains through them. I refer specifically to "you own that copy of the software", which implies that you own that copy, and are free to do what

Re: FHS, netscape and Dan Bernstein

2001-02-06 Thread Manoj Srivastava
>>"Chris" == Chris Lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Chris> \begin{sophistry} Chris> Since non-free isn't part of Debian-the-distribution, is it really Chris> subject to policy? Sure, it'd be nice if the stuff in there followed Chris> policy, but since it's not Debian who cares. Chris> \e

Re: FHS, netscape and Dan Bernstein

2001-02-06 Thread John Galt
Are we talking djbdns? Then there's also the security issue to deal with. Bind's full of holes, and we can't reliably state that Debian will be "in the loop" on Vixie's 'leet fix0rs list. Right now, dismissing out of hand ANY bind alternative cannot be done in good conscience. Historically, it

Re: FHS, netscape and Dan Bernstein

2001-02-06 Thread Raul Miller
On Tue, Feb 06, 2001 at 11:39:22AM -0500, Raul Miller wrote: > > For inclusion in non-free, which is more significant: access to source > > code or 100% FHS compliance? On Tue, Feb 06, 2001 at 11:44:52AM -0800, Chris Waters wrote: > The latter. But note that non-free is not part of Debian. Ok.

Re: FHS, netscape and Dan Bernstein

2001-02-06 Thread Chris Waters
On Tue, Feb 06, 2001 at 11:39:22AM -0500, Raul Miller wrote: > For inclusion in non-free, which is more significant: access to source > code or 100% FHS compliance? The latter. But note that non-free is not part of Debian. Also, see http://linuxmafia.com/~rick/faq#djb -- Chris Waters |

Re: FHS, netscape and Dan Bernstein

2001-02-06 Thread Chris Lawrence
On Feb 06, Raul Miller wrote: > On Tue, Feb 06, 2001 at 11:39:22AM -0500, Raul Miller wrote: > > For inclusion in non-free, which is more significant: access to source > > code or 100% FHS compliance? > > A further comment (from Paul Jarc): > > The FHS says: "The /usr/local hierarchy is for use

Re: FHS, netscape and Dan Bernstein

2001-02-06 Thread Raul Miller
On Tue, Feb 06, 2001 at 11:39:22AM -0500, Raul Miller wrote: > For inclusion in non-free, which is more significant: access to source > code or 100% FHS compliance? A further comment (from Paul Jarc): The FHS says: "The /usr/local hierarchy is for use by the system administrator when installi

FHS, netscape and Dan Bernstein

2001-02-06 Thread Raul Miller
Please see: http://cr.yp.to/distributors.html For inclusion in non-free, which is more significant: access to source code or 100% FHS compliance? Thanks, -- Raul