Yavor Doganov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ð Thu, 26 Oct 2006 10:30:58 -0400, Peter S Galbraith напиÑа: > > > There was a vote. > > Unfortunate one. > > > This new package abides by the results it and remains free. > > Are you saying that removing the manual makes Emacs "more free"?
Absolutely, according to Debian standards of free software. > > As a bonus, they went to the trouble of packaging the docs into > > `emacs21-common-non-dfsg' and you still complain? They could have > > simply dropped the docs altogether; they didn't. All they have done is > > separate the package into a part that the FSF says you can _completely_ > > and freely modify, and another part that the FSF says you can't. > > Install the available non-free package and get over it. > > Thanks for this "bonus". I have added "non-free" to my sources.list, > since this section no longer contains only unethical bits and it's not > a felony to have it. A few practical problems, though: > > * It confuses my `apt-cache search', which now includes packages > from the non-free section. It was very convenient before, because > I was always sure that the packages I install are free software or > free documentation. Now I have to check every package manually. > * Besides the free GNU manuals, the non-free section contains > really non-free documentation. This is confusing and again, implies > manual checking. > * vrms complains that the crippled half of Emacs is non-free. This > is outrageous. So fill a bug report. It should be called vdsfg or something. > But let me put it honestly. I chose Debian because that was the GNU > distribution that I thought stood firm on the ideals of software > freedom. That's a big fat lie, actually. Okay, the gist of the rest of your post if that you don't agree with the existence of our `non-free' section. Fine. Neither does a minority of DDs since we voted on that in the past as well, as I recall. I'm not going to respond to any of it because it's pretty much all insulting flame bait. Throwing out non-free will throw out yours docs at the same time. Be careful what you wish for. Debian doesn't make a distinction between a bit non-free and a lot non-free. The non-free archive is non-free but distributable; that's it. Peter -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
