[Fsf-Debian] direct non-free contamination in main

[Paul van der Vlis]

Op 30-11-12 16:27, Osamu Aoki schreef:
> Hi,  (somehow this mail has been blocked by spam filter.  4th try)
> 
> This is to show how small is the dependency contamination issue even if we
> consider secondary alternative in depends or recommends as the dependency
> contamination.  (we have over 60,000 packages).
> 
> I understand small number does not mean it does not need to be addressed.  If
> FSF really think it is important not to have such in our main, this small size
> of affected packages opens more chances to solve issues without much negative
> impacts, I think.
> 
> (I myself do not wish to change status quo of Debian on this if FSF do not care
> about this.  But I also think if we can accomodate FSF wish without much
> negatives, why not do it.)

Thanks for your summary.

But when we do this, we should not do it half.
What I miss are suggestions to non-free or contrib packages. I think we
should remove the suggestions too.

With regards,
Paul van der Vlis.


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