On Fri, Jun 09, 2000 at 11:46:31PM -0500, Chris Lawrence wrote:
>
> 1. Some sort of way to identify the source of a package. Maintainer
Yes.
> 2. Some master registry of package names.
Yes. Or, a namespace mechanism.
So that package: bind in namespace:corel is really package corel/bind,
not debian/bind.
> 3. Some agreement that redistributed packages will not be gratuitously
> repackaged or modified,
Sign them, if that's important?
> perhaps reinforced by an agreement that
> DFSG-free packages will be integrated into Debian and that other
> vendors will be able to provide non-voting Debian maintainers for
> DFSG-free packages.
Why non-voting? If the maintainers are willing to agree to the DFSG,
then their work need not be incompatible with being full members.
Jules
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