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("Multiverse", in their case.) +</I>>><i> Anything but something that implies that there is something inherently wrong +</I>>><i> with the package in question. +</I>>><i> That was one advantage of "plf", but of course that is already taken. And it +</I>>><i> is certainly advantageous to include such packages directly on Mageia +</I>>><i> mirrors. +</I>>><i> </aside> +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> A Cleaner approach -- albeit more work -- would be for the "constrained" +</I>>><i> package to be an external module which adds the missing functionality. For +</I>>><i> less modular packages, this would be replacing (only) the files which +</I>>><i> provide the questioned functionality. +</I>>><i> For a typical a music player-type application, this would be only a be a few +</I>>><i> relatively small files. +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> So a user that wants to add the "contrained" functionality would simply add +</I>>><i> an extra package, which obviously would have a different name based on the +</I>>><i> main package. +</I>>><i> (It would be useful to suggest adding such packages during installation, if +</I>>><i> the "contrained" repositories are selected.) +</I>>><i> (That is, if such a related package is available in selected repos.) +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> Think of the gstreamer packages -- the "ugly" perhaps corresponding to the +</I>>><i> "constrained" packages being considered. +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> my 2 cents :) +</I>>><i> -- +</I>>><i> André +</I>>><i> +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Just a small note, if you didn't like the colour of the bike shed you +</I>><i> should have discussed the point before it was built, painted, the +</I>><i> paint has dried and is about to have new residents. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> And if you discussed the issue and your POV wasn't adapted, what's the +</I>><i> point re-emerging it now given that changing the new isn't easy now +</I>><i> that the infra- is already in place. +</I> +In 4+ months, a lot will be changed/corrected. +In my mind, this inappropriate name will tarnish Mageia. +We can surely find a much more appropriate name. +Since the repositories in question are empty, and will never be very +big, the cost of changing is minimal. + +><i> I like the name tainted, (note that the kernel does use the word +</I>><i> tainted to indicate there's a non-open source binary blob/driver e.g. +</I>><i> with the nvidia proprietary driver, so this usage is not unheard of). +</I>><i> :) +</I> +And the word "tainted" wasn't used to indicate some kind of dysfunction +? (Normally the kernel outputs ERROR messages.) + +I have encountered a kernel message containing "not tainted", to +indicate that a particular file was not corrupted. (The bug was caused +by something else.) + +Regards :) +-- +André +</PRE> + + + + + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="002760.html">[Mageia-dev] time to switch from raw partitions to lvm? +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="002781.html">[Mageia-dev] About panotools patent problem (and other problematic rpms) +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#2761">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#2761">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#2761">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#2761">[ 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> |