Re: XLibre in Debian

On Thu, Oct 02, 2025 at 01:24:48PM -0700, Soren Stoutner wrote:
> On Thursday, October 2, 2025 11:03:07 AM Mountain Standard Time Antoine Le 
> Gonidec wrote:
> > Le Thu, Oct 02, 2025 at 01:07:43PM +0000, Wojciech Lipinski a écrit :
> > > I would like to ask if there are any plans to include XLibre (fork of X11)
> > > in Debian. (…)
> > I strongly oppose the inclusion of XLibre or any related tool in Debian.
> > Or, for what it’s worth, the inclusion of anything developed by that team.
> 
> Not knowing anything about XLibre or the team that develops it, I am curious 
> to know what would cause you to be so opposed to anything developed by that 
> team.  Indeed, I am not accustomed to Debian categorically rejecting software 
> that is DFSG-free from inclusion based solely on the team that develops it.
> 

Soren,

Other projects - including Fedora and Ubuntu - have issues with the stability
of the code from a single developer. Those projects - and many individuals -
may also disapprove of controversial political opinions from the single
developer. 

On occasion, we *do* take wider considerations into account in the Project
before adopting DFSG-software.

All the very best, as ever,

Andrew Cater
([email protected])

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> Soren Stoutner
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