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So there's a theoretical problem, and a solution available. Why should VirtualBox take the pain now rather than waiting and seeing if the theoretical issue eve

So there's a theoretical problem, and a solution available. Why should VirtualBox take the pain now rather than waiting and seeing if the theoretical issue every materializes? I mean, if someone does the work and tests it, then sure, VirtualBox should adopt it. But why is this their problem to solve now?

geofft 8y ago
There is a practical problem that VirtualBox is in Debian contrib and not main because it cannot be built with tools in Debian main. (Whether this is a practical problem that matters to anyone is a different question, but it's more than theoretical.)
- caf 8y ago
  I don't think DMC is in Debian main yet, is it?
  - yuhong 8y ago
    Probably not yet, but the license means that it can be.
    - JdeBP 8y ago
      So that is also just a theoretical idea at this point.
      - yuhong 8y ago
        Yea, they just open sourced it, so it might take a while for it to be packaged for Debian. I don't even know if it is ported to Linux yet at this point.