[Mageia-dev] Mageia repository sections, licenses, restrictions, firmware etc

Tue Oct 12 20:00:29 CEST 2010

+>
+> And why don't we affect specific packages to the country exactly like
+> the localization is affected ? In France too the default install is
+> certainly the choice of the educational establishments ... but in french
+> FR_FR, not in EN_US.
+> So, why not a pre-selection of certain kind of packages in the same time
+> of selection of the country in the install menu ?
+>
+> Suggestion : (don't beat me please) :
+>
+> Actually, we have team for translating the texts ... why not somes teams
+> for choose between "free or not free" packages in localized variation of
+> Mageia.
+> I know PLF (without that, no Mandriva on my PC), but I think that
+> waiting the PLF adaptation, or have garbage free packages after PLF
+> installation is not optimal.
+>
+>
+>
+> Own remark : (No, no, don't beat ...)
+>
+> Mageia is new, young, dynamical ... I suggest to use this situation for
+> don't go in the same ways than the others ... With "free + PLF", we
+> don't inovate in regard of the existing Mandriva / OpenSuse / Ubuntu /
+> Slac/ etc ... etc ... we only repeat the old schema. Why do a new distro
+> also ?
+>
+>
+>
+
+I think pre-selected Country installs would just be too hard to 
+coordinate, laws change. Free and non-free is pretty simple.
+
+Marc
+
+