From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 4891 invoked by uid 1002); 22 Nov 2003 20:26:25 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-dev-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 17481 invoked from network); 22 Nov 2003 20:26:25 -0000 From: Donnie Berkholz To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <20031122073212.GA1639@cerberus.oppresses.us> References: <200311191114.25081.pauldv@gentoo.org> <200311211050.59578.jasonbstubbs@mailandnews.com> <8765hdu4zg.fsf@killr.ath.cx> <20031121183551.GE2221@gentoo.org> <87ptfk7uhu.fsf@killr.ath.cx> <20031122073212.GA1639@cerberus.oppresses.us> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1069533111.28618.6.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2003 15:31:51 -0500 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-MailScanner-SpamxCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (score=-32.4, required 5, EMAIL_ATTRIBUTION, IN_REP_TO, QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT, REFERENCES, REPLY_WITH_QUOTES, USER_AGENT_XIMIAN) Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo internal structure X-Archives-Salt: 96aeda51-80da-4a34-a037-3d5dbc3a6982 X-Archives-Hash: 1eaf77956f8d9d003b48a6cf6f1fb316 On Sat, 2003-11-22 at 02:32, Jon Portnoy wrote: > Quick poll of people reading this thread: Would you like to see the > removal of nonfree software from the tree? That means things like > vmware, the java packages, etc. > > Or perhaps someone should start a poll in the forums in Gentoo Chat > about it. So many other people have summed it up so well. People who want only free software, you have your choice. But don't take away mine. Removing all non-free software from the Portage tree and telling me to find it elsewhere is not a choice. One of the reasons I use Gentoo is so I don't have to look all over the Internet when I want to install a program, like I did when I used an RPM-based distribution. -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list