[Mageia-dev] [changelog] [RPM] cauldron core/release sauerbraten-2010_07_28-1.mga2

[Maarten Vanraes]

Op maandag 05 december 2011 12:33:28 schreef Samuel Verschelde:
> Le lundi 5 décembre 2011 12:21:42, Maarten Vanraes a écrit :
> > Op maandag 05 december 2011 12:15:11 schreef zezinho:
> > > Le lundi 5 décembre 2011 12:12:18, Maarten Vanraes a écrit :
> > > > theorethically, people could make another data packages that is free?
> > > > no? i mean, if the engine is free, it doesn't really make sense to
> > > > make it nonfree... ?
> > > 
> > > Yes, but to work for now, the engine package requires the non-free
> > > source. If a user has disabled non-free, he will get an error.
> > 
> > i don't know if this is a bad idea: iirc the error is something like:
> > "can't find data package" or something... imho you can suggest it and put
> > a README.urpmi saying you'll need nonfree data...
> > 
> > but perhaps this is a discussion more suited in another place...
> 
> It someone really wants the engine to build its own data (which I doubt),
> they can still download from the upstream website, so for the vast
> majority of users (if not 100%!) the engine will be of no use without the
> data.

idea-ologically speaking i don't really agree, ( if it's free, it's free, not 
nonfree; even if it's able to use other nonfree parts), but practically, i 
can't say anything about this...