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Re: binary packages?

On Sun, 10 Nov 1996, Christoph Lameter wrote:

> 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.
>
Well, for loadlin, last time I looked, the .exe file for dos was built in
linux. From the little that I looked at it, it seemed to be a general
solution and should work for fdos and the others.
 
> The criteria could be the "availability" of sourcecode NOT the actual use
> of the sourcecode under Linux.

As I understand it, the current policy is based upon the "distribution"
freedom of the source, not what you do with the source to create the
binary.

Luck,

Dwarf

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