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Because that's the only way to +</I>><i> prove a patent to be ineffective (for various reasons) before it +</I>><i> expires. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> (I am not proposing one or the other option - and it's going out of +</I>><i> the initial question in this thread - tmb reframed it well). +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Romain +</I> +Ok. +Part of my last post seems to have been overlooked. +It proposes a solution to the problem presented in this thread ... where to put +packages which qualify for both non-free and "tainted". + +Note that all packages in "tainted" contain ".tainted." in the name. + +rsync, used to update the mirrors, permits adding the option +--exclude '.tainted.' +to permit excluding such packages if a mirror wants to. + +So packages now in the "tainted" repos would be put in core or non-free as +appropriate. + +And mirrors in affected countries, who choose to opt out of packages now in +"tainted" would simply add the above rsync option. +Most mirrors, which now carry "tainted", would drop the "tainted" repos. (If +they don't, these repos would simply become empty, so no harm done.) + +This would have the effect of making packages now in "tainted" more readily +available, since it wouldn't be necessary to add these repos. +Which should please the packagers that make these packages. + +We would have to make a few adjustments to show (or not) the packages tagged as +"tainted", but that shouldn't be difficult. + +So we would eliminate 10 respositories, while keeping the same functionality, +as well as solving the non-free vs. tainted problem. + +Wouldn't that work ? + +-- +André +</PRE> + + + + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="006561.html">[Mageia-dev] Repository question: where do we put non-free+tainted RPMs? +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="006559.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#6570">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#6570">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#6570">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#6570">[ 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> |