On Sat, Dec 22, 2001 at 09:51:17AM -0500, David B Harris wrote: > On Sat, 22 Dec 2001 14:37:48 +0100, > Peter Makholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > There's no reason why the engine itself can't be included in Debian, > > > as far as I'm concerned. It doesn't absolutely *have* to have game > > > data, to > > > > But thats is an argument for putting all the stuff in contrib into > > Debian main. > > Like I said, if you look at it from an educational percpective ... :) > > But yeah, I see your point. I think in my mind the big difference is in > probability. Look at Lyx. It's in contrib because it requires libforms. > Upstream isn't interesting in rewriting it to not use libforms, and I > don't see any volounteers to come up with something a la lesstif.
FYI: Upstream *is* rewriting LyX not to use libforms. And, also, libforms will be free software in the forseeable future, very likely. Either way, woody+1 will have lyx in main. Jules