[pkg-fso-maint] contrib and non-free ok to add to apt-sources.list?

Joachim Breitner nomeata at debian.org
Sun Mar 1 16:12:29 UTC 2009


Hi,

Am Sonntag, den 01.03.2009, 16:55 +0100 schrieb Steffen Moeller:
> would too many of yours mind it unbearably much if non-free and
> contrib sections would be
> added to the /etc/apt/sources.list file?

I’d oppose it. People choose Debian for a reason, and the purity of it’s
software collection might be part of it.

If people need non-free, they can easily add it. The installer does not
replace a text-editor, nor does it replace getting to know one’s system.

Greetings,
Joachim

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