Peter Pentchev <[email protected]> writes: > On Mon, Mar 02, 2026 at 10:17:45AM +0100, Simon Josefsson wrote: > [snip] >> Btw, I find the word 'Pure' in 'Debian Pure Blends' odd - does it convey >> any meaning that is distinct from 'Debian Blend'? Was/is there ever a >> notion of a non-Pure Debian Blend? I'm not sure to refer to a blend as >> Pure Blend or simply Blend, or if there is a difference. > > One of the very first sections in the Pure Blends documentation: > > https://blends.debian.org/blends/ch02.html#Blends > > From what I remember of watching history from the sidelines, it is > a bit of wordplay, but it also does carry a very specific meaning.
I re-read that now, but I don't see it defining the meaning of the
"pure" keyword or answers the question if there is any acknowledged
notion of a non-pure Debian Blend? It says:
Debian Pure Blends - in short Blends if used clearly in the Debian
internal context which makes "Pure" and "Debian" obvious - which
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were formerly known as Custom Debian Distributions (this name was
confusing because it left to much room for speculation that this
might be something else than Debian) try to provide a solution for
special groups of target users with different skills and
interests. Not only do they provide handy collections of specific
program packages, but they also ease installation and configuration
for the intended purpose.
What is this obvious meaning of the term "pure"? Does it mean 100%
'main'? Or main + non-free-firmware? Or all sections? Or all section
plus external scripts used by the Debian release and images teams?
There is some notion of non-pure debian blends in this paragraph:
A blend project aims to leverage support resources from the existing
community to serve some sub-community within it. They accomplish
this by not violating Debian packaging policy, producing something
that is either pure Debian (a "pure blend") or Debian + additional
packages, rather than some frankendistro artlessly stitched together
from someone else's distro with scripts that change things
everywhere with no regard to policy.
Others have claimed that Blends cannot contain additional packages from
outside of Debian, so this seems contradicting to me.
/Simon
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