On Sat, 5 Feb 2011 14:19:40 -0800 Brandon wrote: > Removing conky from Debian, making it non-free, and then adding it to > the contrib repository was a poor decision.
Hi Brandon, thanks for commenting on this bug report. To be precise, conky was not turned into a non-free package, but rather into one that indirectly (build-)depends on non-free stuff; hence, it was moved to contrib. Anyway, thanks for adding your contribution to the discussion and for agreeing with my opinion. > Making a non-free package is > one thing, some people find them useful, and sometimes they make the > free stuff more accessible. But removing free software from Debian to > replace it with something non-free goes against the whole point of > Debian, which is to provide a free software system. Indeed. I think that a solution should be really searched for, so that we may again enjoy a 100 % free conky without any direct or indirect non-free (build-)dependency. I hope that Cesare can come up with a good plan... -- http://www.inventati.org/frx/frx-gpg-key-transition-2010.txt New GnuPG key, see the transition document! ..................................................... Francesco Poli . GnuPG key fpr == CA01 1147 9CD2 EFDF FB82 3925 3E1C 27E1 1F69 BFFE
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