Brainstorming for UDS-P

[Colin Watson]

On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 03:41:31PM -0500, Micah Gersten wrote:
> On 10/10/2011 03:31 PM, Colin Watson wrote:
> > On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 03:03:13PM -0500, Micah Gersten wrote:
> >> ubuntu-restricted-extras
> >>
> >> Most of the stuff in ubuntu-restricted-extras is either not restricted
> >> or in partner now.  Perhaps this should be broken out into ubuntu-extras
> >> and ubuntu-restricted-extras?
> > 
> > Partner is often more restricted than restricted; I think in this case
> > we should think of "restricted" as having its dictionary meaning, rather
> > than identifying it with the (arguably misnamed) component.
> 
> Sorry, I wasn't suggesting the Partner stuff be moved from restricted. 
> Perhaps there should be an ubuntu-partner-extras recommended by
> ubuntu-restricted-extras to clarify?

Nor was I.  What I meant was that to me "restricted" in the metapackage
name simply means that the packages it depends on generally have some
kind of restrictions on them beyond what's normally considered free
software.  I think this reading might even be more natural for people
not immersed in Ubuntu development.

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Colin Watson                                       [cjwatson at ubuntu.com]