[I'm not a developer, just one of Debians users - I hope it is not
inappropriate for me to comment on this issue here.]
For starters, I'd always thought that contrib was for packages that
Depend on a package out of non-free -- basically to ensure that people
who have only DFSG-free software in the
[I originally sent this to Peter directly, my apologies.]
> I think you'd be pretty hard-pressed to find
> anyone who would consider it "useful" to print an init message to the
> kernel log, use up a bit of memory, and do absolutely nothing else.
I'd find it useful for the functionality to be the
maybe backports should be considered a 1st class part of Debian; so
in addition to old-stable, stable, testing, and unstable, we could
add, "stable-useful". The fact of the matter is that the stable
distribution today is pretty much useless for desktop users, and
useless for people who need to in
This stuff did not even exist when Sarge was released. Half of userland would
not fit this hardware, so who cares.
Everyone who would like to install a stable Debian release on hardware
currently available for purchase.
And this non-free stuff is nothing to discuss about.
Good for you - pe
> Stop signing keys for Debian developers, since purchased ID's are
acceptable in this community? ;)
There's a difference between 'purchase' and 'pay for' in this context. I
have always had to pay for any kind of ID card, be it passport,
citizen's ID or student ID. You make it sound like he bo
And, to the people who have trouble distinguishing between
paying for a passport and purchasing an ID, while I have had to pay
for all my official identity documents, merely paying would not have
got me one -- there were background checks,
There were none at all in my case, as outline
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