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So it's a no-go currently. +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> >> I see that these packages for example in Fedora they exist in Rpm +</I>><i> >> Fusion <A HREF="http://rpmfusion.org/">http://rpmfusion.org/</A> +</I>><i> >> Seams to be a repository for packages with license "issues". +</I>><i> > rpmfusion is no official fedora repository, it's a third-party-repo +</I>><i> > without any official connection to the fedora project. +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> > Oliver +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> Every distribution has (or had) this kind of non official but well known +</I>><i> "third-party" repo ... +</I>><i> Debian multimedia for Debian +</I>><i> rpmfusion for Fedora +</I>><i> packman for openSUSE +</I>><i> plf for Mandriva +</I>><i> etc... +</I>><i> All of them provide faac +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Mageia chooses to clearly provide the problematic packages in 2 special +</I>><i> repos : non-free & tainted (letting mirror administrators include or not +</I>><i> these repos to respect their own local law ) +</I>><i> Letting users choose to use or not these repos and install the licensed +</I>><i> or patented programs or non-free drivers or microcodes or downloaders +</I>><i> (for skype or adobe) +</I>><i> more simple indeed ! +</I>><i> +</I>><i> but faac is a platypus (mammalian laying eggs) : both non-free and +</I>><i> tainted !!! +</I>><i> it needs a special repo ... same for the programs built with it... +</I>><i> +</I>><i> 3 ways : +</I>><i> 1) +</I>><i> Mageia creates an official non-free-tainted repo with a special suffix +</I>><i> (I proposed long time ago "twisted" suffix so that we may have for +</I>><i> instance : +</I>><i> vlc-x.y.z.mga2 in core repo, +</I>><i> vlc-x.y.z.mga2.tainted in tainted repo, +</I>><i> and vlc-x.y.z-maga2.twisted in non-free-tainted repo +</I>><i> +</I>><i> allowing to simply "update" from core to tainted +</I>><i> or to "update" from core or tainted to twisted +</I>><i> +</I>><i> 2) +</I>><i> We hope that a third-party repo is created by unofficial dev but there +</I>><i> are risks of bad compatibility (remember Thac's or MIB for Mandrake and +</I>><i> Mandriva) +</I>><i> +</I>><i> 3) +</I>><i> some Mageia dev create themselves an unofficial third party repo (same +</I>><i> way as plf...) +</I> +4) +wait until someone creates an open source version of faac. + +I'm not sure faac support is worth the complexity added by adding an +other repository, and an other duplication of packages for mplayer, +ffmpeg, mythtv, gstreamer, vlc, xine, ... + +</PRE> + + + + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="016630.html">[Mageia-dev] gstreamer0.10-faac - package request +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="016629.html">[Mageia-dev] gstreamer0.10-faac - package request +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#16617">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#16617">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#16617">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#16617">[ 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> |