On 8 Jun 2000, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > Stephen Frost <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Are there some statistics that users are confused? When installing > > Debian a screen comes up and asks if the user would like access to the > > non-free sections of Debian and it explains what non-free is. Perhaps this > > should be enhanced and made more clear if there is confusion. Instead the > > proposal claims removal is necessary. If users are confused, let us educate > > them instead of attempting to remove from their sight what currently exists. > > If the screen says what you said it does, then already there's a > problem. > > Since non-free is not part of Debian, there are no "non-free sections > of Debian", there are only non-free parts of the archive. Debian > itself only contains `main'. > > Which means, in fact, that here's one data point for confusion.
Then let us correct the documentation and educate the users and developers instead of cutting them off from a resource a number appear to find extremely useful. > I could go over the posts on debian-project and debian-devel with a > fine toothed comb and post a list of all the messages there which > evince the confusion, including several from users who were very > worried about "removing non-free from Debian". See above. Stephen