On Friday 05 May 2006 06:53, Gudjon I. Gudjonsson wrote: > Hi > Sorry for the disturbion but I would like to mention some things. > I have been thinking about if it was possible to set up some bug list as a > kind of quality assurance for commercial programs in Debian. Most > commercial programs I have seen are only said to be compatible with RedHat > and sometimes SuSe. Such a list might make it more interesting for the > companies to port their applications to Debian and it would definetly make > my life easier:).
This is a most un-Debian-like thing to be doing. Instead of running non-Free software on Debian, we should be seeking to create real Free alternatives {although, demanding source code from vendors would certainly not hurt. I have nothing in principle against the use of reasonable force in the course of obtaining Source Code.} Availability of Source Code is *the* single biggest reason why so much of the software that is found in Debian can run on so many different architectures {second only to NetBSD if I recall correctly?} That diversity is something we should be proud of. *Un*availability of Source Code has already destroyed a certain other operating system: every new release has to support a growing heap of legacy code, and every insecurity ever exploited by a legitimate program has to remain. -- AJS delta echo bravo six four at earthshod dot co dot uk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]