Hi, > > but I think it belongs > > in Contribs. > > It doesn't make the requirements, it is not free enough (similarly to > freedos, which can't be compiled with free software).
I am new to 'cooker'. I am not sure how things work over here... Does this mean that you guys won't touch it?? ;) Could someone tell me how decisions are made over here? Thanks a lot for your time! :) Regards, Manoj -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Buchan Milne Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 5:13 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Cooker] Software submission for the Mandrake distribution -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Leon Brooks wrote: > On Wed, 20 Aug 2003 21:54, Frederic Crozat wrote: > > That's a bit short, it's a useful migration tool. IMHO, no, it's a crutch supporting your use of Windows. NTFS resizing is a migration tool. NTFS read support is a migration tool. vfat write support is a migration tool. Samba (client) is software supporting migratees, but this belongs with Cygwin, mingw, Dev-C++, OpenOffice.org for Windows, Gimp for Windows (all of which are more free BTW), none of which we ship. > You ship loadlin, why > not this? Loadlin can be used to bootstrap an installation on machines which have no other means of booting an installation. > At least consider it for MandrakeClub, MandrakeClub doesn't really have anything setup for distributing anything but RPMs. IMHO, there should be a "Windows compatability CD" in the Powerpack/ProSuite, with the software I mentioned above and this driver instead. If people can access MandrakeClub, they can download it seperately. > but I think it belongs > in Contribs. It doesn't make the requirements, it is not free enough (similarly to freedos, which can't be compiled with free software). The rules (since there is not published policy) is something like: 1)it must be possible to build all packages in main with only packages in main 2)it must be possible to build all packages in contrib with only packages in main and contrib 3)all packages in main and contrib must be open-source To compile this driver, we would need the DDK, which is not open-source, thus cannot go in contrib, thus the driver would not satisfy (2). AFAIK everything else in main and contrib is done this way. Regards, Buchan - -- |--------------Another happy Mandrake Club member--------------| Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone * Work +27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x202 Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE/RLBWrJK6UGDSBKcRAkMmAKCtk+FOyF1UwEA+kG8sSqC+2uly1ACfUUuJ otya9y+wtJF7AvN9+c92new= =7p24 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ***************************************************************** Please click on http://www.cae.co.za/disclaimer.htm to read our e-mail disclaimer or send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a copy. *****************************************************************
