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+ <B>Renaud MICHEL</B>
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+ <I>Fri Nov 26 22:43:31 CET 2010</I>
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+<PRE>On vendredi 26 novembre 2010 at 21:29, Thomas Backlund wrote :
+&gt;<i> Then we come to the &quot;problematic&quot; part:
+</I>&gt;<i> ------
+</I>&gt;<i> x86_64
+</I>&gt;<i> media
+</I>&gt;<i> codecs (disabled by default)
+</I>&gt;<i> core (old main+contrib)
+</I>&gt;<i> backports (disabled by default)
+</I>&gt;<i> backports_testing (disabled by default)
+</I>&gt;<i> release
+</I>&gt;<i> testing (disabled by default)
+</I>&gt;<i> updates
+</I>&gt;<i> extra (unmaintained, disabled by default)
+</I>&gt;<i> firmware (disabled by default)
+</I>&gt;<i> games (disabled by default)
+</I>&gt;<i> non-free (disabled by default)
+</I>&gt;<i> /debug_*/ (disabled by default)
+</I>&gt;<i> -----
+</I>&gt;<i>
+</I>&gt;<i> The idea of this layout with some of the separate sections (codecs,
+</I>&gt;<i> firmware, games, non-free, debug_*) gives a mirror maintainer in a
+</I>&gt;<i> country (or company) the option to exclude the parts they legally (or by
+</I>&gt;<i> company policy) can not mirror.
+</I>&gt;<i>
+</I>&gt;<i> The &quot;core&quot; should be only maintained free/libre stuff so it's easy to
+</I>&gt;<i> build a free/libre iso
+</I>&gt;<i>
+</I>&gt;<i> &quot;extra&quot; is for those packages that no-one really maintain, but is still
+</I>&gt;<i> used by someone
+</I>&gt;<i>
+</I>&gt;<i> &quot;games&quot; are now a separate repo since it can grow fast with a lot of
+</I>&gt;<i> game data.
+</I>
+I think it is a good layout, but, are updates/backports(testing) limited to
+core?
+
+As you mentioned, extra has no reason to have updates or backports, because
+if someone did bother to make updates, then the package doesn't belong in
+extra.
+
+For games it would surely be appreciated to have new versions, so maybe a
+only a games/updates media which could also be used as a backport media (as
+games are not critical).
+
+For non-free we would probably want also updates and backports, like in
+current mandriva.
+
+Now for firmware and codecs I don't know, are there updates for firmwares?
+Maybe they should be in sync with kernel updates (or external modules)?
+As for codecs, will it contain anything that could be covered by patents,
+like PLF for mandriva?
+Does that mean we will still have a stripped down mplayer/xine in core and a
+full version in codecs?
+But if it is only disabled and you only need to activate it in the control
+center to have full featured multimedia programs, it is no big deal, and if
+it makes life easier for people whose countries have restrictive law then
+we should go for it.
+
+We should probably have a clear rule to decide what cannot go in core and
+should in non-free (that on is pretty clear already) codecs or firmware.
+
+I hope we will soon get to the point where we will actually put packages in
+those repositories :-)
+
+--
+Renaud Michel
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