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

Tue Oct 12 22:04:38 CEST 2010

On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 06:02:38PM +0300, Anssi Hannula wrote:
+>== Do we want a separated core repository?
+>
+>No separated core: Fedora, Debian, Opensuse
+>Separated core: Mandriva (main), Ubuntu (main), Arch (Core)
+
+i think so, main+contrib is about 20G and some stuff is not really
+maintained.
+>
+>== What will be officially supported?
+>
+> - And what does that mean?
+being a non profit, everything that shall be officially supported must
+have a sponsor. orphans are not supportable.
+>
+>== How are the sections named? :)
+>
+>I think I'm in favor of renaming 'contrib' to 'extra'.
+sounds nice to me
+
+>
+>== Where do redistributable firmware go (Radeon graphics, Intel WLAN, TG3 
+>ethernet, etc)?
+>
+>To main repository: Arch, Fedora, Opensuse, Ubuntu
+>To the non-free repository: Debian
+>Case-by-case arbitrary decision: Mandriva
+>
+>If we want to separate non-free firmware à la Debian, I guess one option would 
+>be a separate firmware repository... or we could make free-only installation 
+>an expert option. Certainly we want tg3 ethernet and radeon to work on a 
+>standard installation, and for this we really need the firmware.
+>
+>I'd probably prefer to put them in main (as all non-Debian ones) but do some 
+>metapackage magic (or similar) to allow blacklisting them easily for those who 
+>want to.
+I'm in favor of some kind of separation, if it is by creating a firmware
+repo or some packaging magik it is merely a technical question.
+
+>
+>== Where do firmware without license go (DVB, V4L, etc)?
+>
+>To unsupported non-free repository: Ubuntu (multiverse) [1],
+>To unsupported repository without binary packages: Arch (AUR)
+>Nowhere: Debian, Fedora, Opensuse, Mandriva
+>
+>I guess for this one I'd prefer a helper draktool to handle/download these 
+>instead of shipping them ourselves.
+this sounds a nice idea, or do something like the plf flash-player
+package
+
+>
+>== What about patents?
+
+I agree with Olivier on this, mageia as an association should protect
+itself from being sued in France, apart from that we should be actively
+fighting patents ;)
+
+>== If we choose a separate core repository, should we do something regarding
+>   OOo and java?
+>(there are a million java packages with tight interdependencies, and due to 
+>OOo requiring some of those, we need to ship the whole web in main)
+>
+>
+>== Do we allow P2P file transfer software?
+>
+>Yes: Arch, Debian, Fedora, Ubuntu
+>No, except torrents: Mandriva
+>Unknown, at least torrents allowed: Opensuse
+if the software is free, yes
+Ptp is not illegal anywere, transferring copyrighted materal without
+authorization usually is.
+
+>== And gaming emulators?
+>
+again, if the software is free, yes
+
+>== And DVDCSS, etc?
+>Allowed: Arch
+>Not allowed: Debian, Fedora, Mandriva, Opensuse, Ubuntu
+>
+>This should probably be 'no'.
+I'd say yes, in europe it should fall under the interoperability case.
+
+
+-- 
+Luca Berra -- bluca at vodka.it
+