On Wed, Nov 24, 2004 at 09:03:33PM +0100, Alexander Schmehl wrote: > * Adam Funk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [041124 19:26]: > > > What about the practical implications? How can you have a GNU/Linux > > distribution without gcc, make and especially coreutils? > > If it's not possible to write free documentaion for the package > containing non-free docs, it is still possible to remove the > documentation, or move it to the non-free section. No problem, the > binaries can still remain in main.
Unfortunately, a source package can't put some things (binaries) in main and other things (documentation) in non-free, so stuff can't be literally "moved" to non-free. Instead, the documentation must be removed from the package in main, and the maintainer may optionally add a new source package to non-free that contains the documentation. Since that's a high maintenance burden, and most developers refuse to maintain anything in non-free, it essentially means that all GFDL documentation will be removed from Debian altogether, assuming the wishes of a few vocal developers are carried through. Yes, it's insane. -- For every sprinkle I find, I shall kill you! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
