[Mageia-dev] Mirror layout, round two

Mon Nov 29 01:51:38 CET 2010

Le dimanche 28 novembre 2010 à 22:12 +0200, Thomas Backlund a écrit :
+
+> So the mirror medias accordingly to all comments so far would be a simple:
+> 
+> * core
+>    - enabled by default
+>    - mirrors must mirror this media to be listed as a mirror
+>    - only GPL stuff
+>    - must be selfcontained
+> 
+> * nonfree
+>    - disabled by default, installer will ask to enable it if
+>      it detects hw that need driver/fw from here...
+>    - mirrors must mirror this media to be listed as a mirror
+>    - contains apps/drivers/firmware that are free to redistribute,
+>      but we dont have GPL source for
+>    - for example ati/nvidia drivers/firmware, Oracle Java, ...
+> 
+> * tainted
+>    - disabled by default
+>    - mirrors are free to not mirror this media
+>    - stuff we think we can redistribute, but that may have some
+>      patent issues or other restrictions in oter countries.
+
+damned, if I had seen this mail sooner, I would not have written my 200
+lines one ( that took 36 hours to write ).
+
+I agree with this split.
+
+-- 
+Michael Scherer
+
+