[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Brian T. Sniffen) a tapoté : > > > I'm puzzled. At first, I was thinking it was some kind of workaround > > to avoid entering non-free but, in fact, it would be a workaround for > > to enter debian for packages that would not be allowed at all in any > > other case -- which is in fact more sensible, easier to understand. > > You are incorrect. Contrib is not part of Debian
I know. s/included/distributed/ > > to build a real debian package for this non-free > > software, when installing it. Some packages clearly identified that > > vrms can clearly identify, some package we can easily track and remove > > completely at will. So people would know what they exactly have on > > their computer. And I think that was the main point of the person who > > started the thread, the ability for the user to track this non-free > > software he got. > > So should my web browser have to make .deb packages when I download an > RPM? How about when I download a TGZ? I think this is a pretty different situation. In one case, you're the one that control the whole process. In the other case, it's the maintainer of package. > I think that's insane. The installers are in contrib because they are > free software I think that everybody got that point already. > . They probably should clean up after themselves when --purged, but > I can see good arguments against that as well. It must be possible to remove an installer without removing the installed software. That's not what is asked here. -- Mathieu Roy Homepage: http://yeupou.coleumes.org Not a native english speaker: http://stock.coleumes.org/doc.php?i=/misc-files/flawed-english