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I meant to change that. +I do mean free/libre as in FSF/OSI definition. + +><i> +</I>>><i> - must be selfcontained +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> * nonfree +</I>>><i> - disabled by default, installer will ask to enable it if +</I>>><i> it detects hw that need driver/fw from here... +</I>>><i> - mirrors must mirror this media to be listed as a mirror +</I>>><i> - contains apps/drivers/firmware that are free to redistribute, +</I>>><i> but we dont have GPL source for +</I>>><i> - for example ati/nvidia drivers/firmware, Oracle Java, ... +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> * tainted +</I>>><i> - disabled by default +</I>>><i> - mirrors are free to not mirror this media +</I>>><i> - stuff we think we can redistribute, but that may have some +</I>>><i> patent issues or other restrictions in oter countries. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Merging "codecs" and "firmware" into "tainted" makes sense. +</I>><i> +</I> +actually most firmware we have would end up in core or nonfree + +><i> So "games" and "extra" gets merged back into core (except for non-free games +</I>><i> of course), won't this make an enormous repos? +</I>><i> +</I> +People seemed to dislike the games splitout, so I "merged" it again + +><i> I think it was better to have a separated games repos, as it will quickly +</I>><i> get big, and is likely to have frequent backports (as gamers generally want +</I>><i> to have the latest release). +</I>><i> +</I> +Well, if we want to split out games, it needs atleast: +* games +* games_nonfree + +><i> Would it be possible to have a separate games sub-project, that won't freeze +</I>><i> to make releases with the rest of mageia? +</I>><i> Instead it would be an always updating repos which is compiled with the +</I>><i> latest stable release (or even the previous, if it is possible to have +</I>><i> packages that install correctly on both). +</I>><i> The project would only have a "testing" and "release" (or another name to +</I>><i> avoid confusion with other "release" repos which are frozen), this way you +</I>><i> could quickly have new versions of all the games, if they don't need +</I>><i> bleeding-edge libraries (I think they rarely does). +</I>><i> +</I> +Interesting idea, but problem is that if the games are built against +some newer system libs, they'll stop working on older releases... + +-- +Thomas +</PRE> + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="001476.html">[Mageia-dev] Mirror layout, round two +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="001478.html">[Mageia-dev] Mirror layout, round two +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#1477">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#1477">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#1477">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#1477">[ 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> |