On Thu, Apr 16, 1998 at 07:37:20PM +0200, Santiago Vila wrote: > > > > If a package being in "experimental" does not implicitly mean "not to be > > > distributed in CDs", then we would need definitely another different > > > "experimental" for gettext. > > > > I'm not sure whether or not "experimental" is appropriate for gettext, then. > > I'm sure experimental is appropriate for gettext, as long as we all are > sure that experimental is not appropriate to be put in CDs.
Is gettext so unstable? I doubt it. If it is only in experimental because the upstream author expressed his wish not to distribute it widely, I consider this as an abuse of experimental/. > > Perhaps including project/experimental isn't such a good idea > > after all. > > I agree. I do not. I think the whole thing about free software is to spread it. Probably not on the binary CD, but what about the source CD, which is mainly interesting for developers. I hope some vendors will be kind enough to be not so picky. Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god." Debian GNU/Linux finger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.org master.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] for public PGP Key http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ PGP Key ID 36E7CD09 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]