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| author | Nicolas Vigier <boklm@mageia.org> | 2013-04-14 13:46:12 +0000 |
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| committer | Nicolas Vigier <boklm@mageia.org> | 2013-04-14 13:46:12 +0000 |
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diff --git a/zarb-ml/mageia-dev/2012-October/019205.html b/zarb-ml/mageia-dev/2012-October/019205.html new file mode 100644 index 000000000..aa9a67989 --- /dev/null +++ b/zarb-ml/mageia-dev/2012-October/019205.html @@ -0,0 +1,93 @@ +<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> +<HTML> + <HEAD> + <TITLE> [Mageia-dev] rehashing the faac issue + </TITLE> + <LINK REL="Index" HREF="index.html" > + <LINK REL="made" HREF="mailto:mageia-dev%40mageia.org?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BMageia-dev%5D%20rehashing%20the%20faac%20issue&In-Reply-To=%3C506DC3A4.8090106%40roadrunner.com%3E"> + <META NAME="robots" CONTENT="index,nofollow"> + <META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> + <LINK REL="Previous" HREF="019204.html"> + <LINK REL="Next" HREF="019194.html"> + </HEAD> + <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> + <H1>[Mageia-dev] rehashing the faac issue</H1> + <B>Frank Griffin</B> + <A HREF="mailto:mageia-dev%40mageia.org?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BMageia-dev%5D%20rehashing%20the%20faac%20issue&In-Reply-To=%3C506DC3A4.8090106%40roadrunner.com%3E" + TITLE="[Mageia-dev] rehashing the faac issue">ftg at roadrunner.com + </A><BR> + <I>Thu Oct 4 19:13:08 CEST 2012</I> + <P><UL> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="019204.html">[Mageia-dev] rehashing the faac issue +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="019194.html">[Mageia-dev] rehashing the faac issue +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#19205">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#19205">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#19205">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#19205">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + <HR> +<!--beginarticle--> +<PRE>On 10/04/2012 12:22 PM, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: +><i> +</I>><i> Yes, that's why I prefer the separation of free and non-free repos. +</I>><i> IMHO opinion it is easier to have non-free visually out of the way for +</I>><i> the FOSS enthousiasts and it's just one click (actually 2 including +</I>><i> non-free/updates) for the users who want it all. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Furthermore there is another reason to keep the repos separated: it is +</I>><i> Mageias written intention to support and advocate FOSS. Separating +</I>><i> non-free and FOSS is a visible demonstration of this intention. Mixing +</I>><i> both in the same repo is the opposite. +</I>><i> +</I>As you said earlier, it's not black and white, but shades of gray. + +We already choose to do a lot of stuff that is counter to FOSS (LiveCD, +having nonfree to begin with, etc.), and that's all done to make a +distro that serves FOSS and not-so-FOSS (I won't say non-FOSS here) alike. + + From the various threads in this ML over the course of the last year, +there seems to be consensus to expand our non-FOSS footprint in the +interest of usability as long as we still make FOSS possible for those +who want it. + +Once you start mixing for pragmatic reasons, the basis for future +decisions becomes pragmatic rather than political. + +Witness your own vote here for "tainted" over "nonfree", because you +find more value in keeping nonfree untainted than you do in keeping +tainted free. It's all a matter of degree. + +</PRE> + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="019204.html">[Mageia-dev] rehashing the faac issue +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="019194.html">[Mageia-dev] rehashing the faac issue +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#19205">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#19205">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#19205">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#19205">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |