On September 22, 2011 12:06:11 PM Steve Langasek wrote: > On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 08:19:32AM -0600, Bruce Sass wrote: > > > So *every* time a package outside of main is an installation candidate > > > > > > the decision should be made, not once, very much indeed. > > > > As someone who doesn't care about licences > > Since this effectively translates to not caring about the freedom of the > software you install, I think it's safe to say you're in the minority among > Debian users - and certainly among Debian developers.
Your translation is off. It is simply a consequence of not being in a position where the restrictions that come with any license which allow Debian to distribute the software are relevent to my use of it. > I'm confident that Debian will continue to prefer to install only free > software as dependencies when installing from main, even when contrib and > non-free are enabled on the system. As am I. > > I disagree. The only way a non-free package is going to be automatically > > selected is if the sysadmin has added non-Main lines to sources.list, and > > the Maintainer has placed a non-Main package before one from Main in the > > dependency statement--that's two explicit actions that need to be taken, > > compared to zero if non-Main stuff isn't wanted. > > The latter is not something the maintainer is allowed to do, because it's > making a decision for non-free software *on behalf of the user*. > > If the free alternative doesn't work well enough to be listed first, then > the package depending on it belongs in contrib, *not* in main. That's my understanding of how things should be setup. > > I hope Debian would honour the Social Contract and put the needs of the > > users ahead of software freeness concerns in that case. > > Do we have a name for the DFSG equivalent of Godwin's Law? Because you > just failed it. Well, that's disappointing... called a Nazi for daring to explore the possibilities. <sigh> -- 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/201109221553.54795.bms...@shaw.ca
