Comment 7 for bug 11692

Message-ID: <email address hidden>
Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2005 18:56:13 -0500
From: Roberto Sanchez <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Cc: <email address hidden>, <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: ndiswrapper should be in contrib

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Brian Nelson wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 07, 2005 at 12:42:07AM +0100, Rene Engelhard wrote:
>
>>Package: ndiswrapper
>>Severity: serious
>>Tags: sarge, sid
>>
>>Hi,
>>
>>Christoph Hellwig wrote:
>>
>>>On Thu, Jan 06, 2005 at 04:58:56PM -0500, William Ballard wrote:
>>>
>>>>Apparently the dickhead maintainer of ndiswrapper-source has just gone
>>>>into his shell and refuses to discuss this problem.
>>>
>>>Btw, could anyone explain why ndiswrapper is in main? It's only use
>>>is to run propritary windows drivers inside the linux kernel, so it's
>>>a clear fit for contrib.
>
>
> Since when does usage matter? frozen-bubble's only use is to waste
> time. My time isn't free, so remove it from main!
>

 From the policy manual:

2.2.2 The contrib section

Every package in contrib and non-US/contrib must comply with the DFSG.

In addition, the packages in contrib and non-US/contrib

     * must not be so buggy that we refuse to support them, and
     * must meet all policy requirements presented in this manual.

Furthermore, packages in contrib must not require a package in a non-US
section for compilation or execution.

Examples of packages which would be included in contrib or
non-US/contrib are:

     * free packages which require contrib, non-free packages or packages
which are not in our archive at all for compilation or execution, and
     * wrapper packages or other sorts of free accessories for non-free
programs.

"wrapper" is even in the name. It's only useful function is to
facilitate the use of a non-free program.

-Roberto Sanchez

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