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Re: binary packages?

On Sun, 10 Nov 1996, Lars Wirzenius wrote:

liw >> That reminds me: FreeDOS is also a binary only package not compilable
liw >> under Debian. Should it be moved to contrib?
liw >
liw >Yes.

To summarize you have to move the following packages to contrib:

fdos
syslinux
loadlin
defrag (no contrib please. Either junk it or experimental)
pash
hwtools (contains DOS executable for scanning port in addition to the Linux one)

There might be more than I am not aware of. Some other packages dont build
all binaries (since it would require some strange build tool) but instead
rely on them in the distribution.

I would suggest we change the policy. At least the boot loaders /
diagnostic stuff should go into the main distribution.

The criteria could be the "availability" of sourcecode NOT the actual use
of the sourcecode under Linux.

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