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<B>Wolfgang Bornath</B>
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<I>Thu Nov 10 14:22:09 CET 2011</I>
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<PRE>2011/11/10 Frank Griffin <<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">ftg at roadrunner.com</A>>:
><i> On 11/10/2011 02:25 AM, Johnny A. Solbu wrote:
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</I>>><i> In other words, you would prefer to have non-free drivers to remain in the
</I>>><i> "core" tree because otherwise some hardware may not work? (Did i understand
</I>>><i> you correctly?)
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</I>><i> If we're going to have core and non-free to begin with, then non-free stuff
</I>><i> shouldn't be in core.  That being said, it isn't the problem here.  The
</I>><i> problem is that non-free isn't as available as core.  It should be, based on
</I>><i> prompting the user during install.  Those who want a totally free system
</I>><i> that lacks non-free functionality just have to say no.
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</I>><i> If it makes a philosophical difference, then have no default and require the
</I>><i> user to explicitly answer yes or no, and get treated accordingly.  Putting
</I>><i> non-free stuff in core is an attempted solution to the problem that enabling
</I>><i> and using non-free in an installed core-only system is much more complicated
</I>><i> than it ought to be.  By the time a user boots his installed system,
</I>><i> non-free stuff should already be there if he wants it there.
</I>
By the time a user boots his installed system he either has the online
repositories already set (after install from liveCD) or is just a
mouse click away from setting them. When the online repos are set the
non-free repo is available if the user wants to have it.
Again it boils down to the decision whether Mageia wants to distribute
non-free in her installation media or not. This decision has been made
long ago and discussing the same settled issue over and over again is
wasting time.
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wobo
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