Martin Schulze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'd also like to see apt (and other access tools as well) to change
> their default setting so non-free and contrib is only mentioned in a
> comment and the user has to include it. Currently it's the other way
> round, the user has to decide to skip them.
On Sun, Jul 11, 1999 at 12:47:13AM -0400, Richard Stallman wrote:
> Please give the components to get
> The components are typically something like: main contrib non-free
>
> Components [main contrib non-free]:
>
> This is a form of the question "do you want to consider
> non-free
Wait. This is not true. You are free to set up a mirror at
ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/debian where non-free and contrib are left
aside.
The way things are set up at present, this wouldn't be enough to do
the job right. We would also have to change some of the contents of
the distribution
Martin Schulze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Thus would enable RMS to point to debian.gnu.org (or free.debian.org
> or whatever). It would still mean that either he has to rebuild apt
> to user debian.gnu.org as default host instead of ftp.debian.org or
> we need to change something. Not sure ho
Raul Miller wrote:
> Martin Schulze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Wait. This is not true. You are free to set up a mirror at
> > ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/debian where non-free and contrib are left
> > aside. The same applies for the OfficialCD, the first two CDs
> > only contain main, which is the
Martin Schulze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Wait. This is not true. You are free to set up a mirror at
> ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/debian where non-free and contrib are left
> aside. The same applies for the OfficialCD, the first two CDs
> only contain main, which is the official Debian distribution
> > The separation is visible when you look for it. But right now there
> > is no easy way to distribute the Official Debian system, or refer users
> > to it, without blatantly advertising the non-free packages too.
> > That is what I would like to be able to do.
> Wait. This is not true. You ar
Richard Stallman wrote:
> The point is that our files are already quite separated; we do
> not consider non-free or contrib as part of Debian; and they are in
> separate areas of the FTP archive. They are not distributed on CD.
> Clearly the separation exists, and is used.
>
> T
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