Op do 13 okt 2005 om 01:43:53 +0200 schreef Joost van Baal: > > Now that non-free documentation is being removed from the main archive, > I expect lots of questions about this to get asked. <snip> > --- software.sgml.orig 2005-10-12 10:15:55.012020834 +0200 > +++ software.sgml 2005-10-13 13:37:01.745004041 +0200 > @@ -154,6 +154,27 @@ > considered obsolete. Please remove any mentions to non-US from your > sources in your <file>/etc/apt/sources.list</file> configuration file. > > +<sect id="doc">Where is the documentation for my package? > + > +<p>Lots of popular documentation-specific licenses are not compatible with > the > +Debian Free Software Guidelines. Therefore, such documentation is not > included > +in the Debian main archive. Examples of such licenses are the GNU Free > +Documentation License (see this <url > +id="http://people.debian.org/~srivasta/Position_Statement.xhtml"; name="Draft > +Debian Position Statement about the GNU Free Documentation License(GFDL)">) > as > +well as the various CC licenses (see this <url > +id="http://people.debian.org/~evan/ccsummary.html"; name="debian-legal Summary > +of Creative Commons 2.0 Licenses">). Examples of affected packages are <url > +id="http://bugs.debian.org/280803"; name="gcc-4.0-doc"> and <url > +id="http://bugs.debian.org/181494"; name="glibc-doc">. > + > +<p>The documentation you are looking for might be in the non-free area, or > +not distributed by Debian at all. > + > +<p>If you are using Debian <em>sarge</em>, documentation which is not DFSG > +compliant might be included in main: most of the work on this issue has been > +done after the <em>sarge</em> release. > + > <sect id="pine">Where is pine? > > <p>Due to its restrictive license, it's in the non-free area. Moreover,
On second thought, maybe this issue should stay out of the FAQ. It might be more suitable for the Debian wiki. The wording is bad too: we are still working on _not_ shipping documentation-lacking packages. Perhaps a new wiki page about NonFreeDocumentation could be added (there's no such page now). It could hold pointers to the message from Frank Lichtenheld about "Removing non-free documentation from main" at http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2005/09/msg00007.html and the "Bits from the release team: the plans for etch" from Steve Langasek at http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2005/10/msg00004.html as well as a link to http://release.debian.org/removing-non-free-documentation . I'll get to this. Bye, Joost
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