Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo internal structure

[Jon Portnoy <avenj@gentoo.org>]

On Sat, Nov 22, 2003 at 01:06:05AM -0600, Matthew Kennedy wrote:
> Sven Vermeulen <swift@gentoo.org> writes:
> 
> > On Fri, Nov 21, 2003 at 09:16:19AM -0600, Matthew Kennedy wrote:
> >> Personally, I am only interested in supporting and using free
> >> software, so...
> >>
> >> The best solution is just to remove support for anything non-free in
> >> portage and to also remove any non-free software from our mirrors.
> >> Let some other external project step up to the plate and provide a
> >> non-free overlay if they wish.
> >
> > I disagree. Give the users who want the chance to not use "non-free"
> > software, but also give the others the chance to use non-free software.
> >
> > I think you'll get a lot of gamers against you when you tell them you don't
> > want them to easily install their favorite non-free game :)
> 
> [...]
> 
> Jon, Sven,
> 
> Obviously, its more important that the "gamers" are not upset by a
> single line change in make.conf.  The principle of building a Free
> software distribution has got to be less important than that.
> 

And because I forgot to mention it in my previous mail...

You were not suggesting making people make a single line change. You 
were suggesting forcing all nonfree software out of the tree.

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Jon Portnoy
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