On 20/09/11 06:24 PM, Paul Wise wrote: > In my intended case I believe they always end up with foo from main, > only if they choose foo-contrib will they get it, which is how I think > it should be. main should not reference packages from contrib/non-free > in any way.
If that's how it works, then there is no problem and I have just misunderstood. From reading that policy section alone, it looked like if you didn't specify the alternative for a real package, the choice of a package from among those providing it would be arbitrary. Ben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4e79a96d.7000...@sanctuary.nslug.ns.ca