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Stormi do ( or seems to do ). And I think that given we decided +</I>>>>><i> to +</I>>>>><i> split PLF for that precise reason, there is more than 2 of us to care. +</I>>>>><i> +</I>>>>>><i> Putting tainted packages in nonfree just causes more confusion +</I>>>>>><i> IMHO. +</I>>>>><i> As much as the reverse, it all depends on what you tell to people +</I>>>>><i> about +</I>>>>><i> the repository, what they expect and what you prefer to highlight. +</I>>>><i> That's exactly why I suggested earlier in this thread that we need an +</I>>>><i> additional repo for 'tainted+non-free' packages, that's the only solution +</I>>>><i> that would satisfy every preference people might have and at the same +</I>>>><i> time make things clear for everyone (packagers, mirror maintainers, +</I>>>><i> users). +</I>>><i> Instead of moving stuff in non-free, you move them in non-free + +</I>>><i> tainted. That just bring more headaches, and more complexity. +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> That's not a solution. +</I>><i> Well, that would be a real solution if we really wanted to flag those packages +</I>><i> both as tainted and as non-free, as some people give more importance to the +</I>><i> fact that it is tainted and others to the fact that it is non-free. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> For now, I would propose either to put that package in non-free, explain to +</I>><i> users that non-free packages may be tainted too, and envision after Mageia 1 +</I>><i> to add a new media if the current solution really doesn't work, and maybe +</I>><i> require a meta-package from tainted OR put it in tainted, explain that +</I>><i> tainted can contain non-free packages, and require a dummy package from non- +</I>><i> free, as Anssi proposed (on a second thought, I think that second option is +</I>><i> better). +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Can we reach a decision ? (add this question to the next packagers meeting ?) +</I>*bump* +As there was no decision reached, not even a concensus, how do we proceed now? +As there is the next package (HandBrake) which also falls under both +categories, tainted and non-free. + +The option of moving such packages to non-free, and requiring a package from +tainted (or vice-versa) +which explains shortly via a README.urpmi about the problem, and to enable the +missing repo, +sounds not that bad. (If you really want to go that far.) + +Regards +</PRE> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="006397.html">[Mageia-dev] xcb-util update, which broke the BS +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="006387.html">[Mageia-dev] Repository question: where do we put non-free+tainted RPMs? +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#6382">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#6382">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#6382">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#6382">[ 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> |