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+ <H1>[Mageia-dev] Repository question: where do we put non-free+tainted RPMs?</H1>
+ <B>Anssi Hannula</B>
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+ TITLE="[Mageia-dev] Repository question: where do we put non-free+tainted RPMs?">anssi.hannula at iki.fi
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+ <I>Tue Mar 15 23:24:25 CET 2011</I>
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+<PRE>On 14.03.2011 15:30, Tux99 wrote:
+&gt;<i>
+</I>&gt;<i>
+</I>&gt;<i> Quote: Anssi Hannula wrote on Mon, 14 March 2011 00:35
+</I>&gt;&gt;<i>
+</I>&gt;&gt;<i> On 14.03.2011 01:01, Tux99 wrote:
+</I>&gt;&gt;&gt;<i>
+</I>&gt;&gt;&gt;<i> Personally I also think 'tainted' would be the better choice than
+</I>&gt;&gt;&gt;<i> 'non-free' since potential patent issues are a more serious concern
+</I>&gt;&gt;&gt;<i> than a
+</I>&gt;&gt;&gt;<i> non-FOSS license, but tbh I think both choices are far from ideal,
+</I>&gt;&gt;&gt;<i> I
+</I>&gt;&gt;&gt;<i> believe the only really clean solution would be to create a
+</I>&gt;&gt;&gt;<i> 'tainted+non-free' repo just like PLF has.
+</I>&gt;&gt;<i>
+</I>&gt;&gt;<i> One option would be to add it to &quot;tainted&quot;, but have it require a
+</I>&gt;&gt;<i> dummy
+</I>&gt;&gt;<i> metapackage from &quot;non-free&quot; repository, so that it can be only
+</I>&gt;&gt;<i> installed
+</I>&gt;&gt;<i> if non-free media is enabled. It might cause too much confusion,
+</I>&gt;&gt;<i> though,
+</I>&gt;&gt;<i> as the error message wouldn't be very clear.
+</I>&gt;<i>
+</I>&gt;<i> I agree that the metapackage solution is impractical since it would cause
+</I>&gt;<i> too much confusion for users.
+</I>
+We could make it
+Requires: nonfree-repository-required
+
+or similar so that the error message would give a better hint of what is
+wrong.
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+Anssi Hannula
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