* Ola Lundqvist > Contrib is a perfectly ok place for installers.
I disagree. If I have contrib in my sources.list file, and try to install a package from there, I expect only Free software to be installed on my system. That means I should get either: 1) A fully-functional package, which might have been built with non-free tools, for instance OpenOffice, or 2) A package which does require me to install additional software to be of use, for instance UAE, or 3) A 'could not be installed' error from apt-get, which would suggest that the package placed a strict Depends on a package outside of main or contrib. In none of these cases I have gotten non-free software on my system. In the case of the installer packages, especially the ones which does the installation from their post-installation scripts, I get non-free software on my system from installing packages from the sections that should be DFSG-Free software only. >> flashplugin-nonfree optional > > This is in contrib! > >> hyperspec optional > > Also in contrib! > >> realplayer net > > I can not find this in the archives. Quite right, I've messed up these. Thanks for correcting me. -- Tore Anderson