[Mageia-dev] Mirror layout, round two

Mon Nov 29 02:06:13 CET 2010

* Thomas Backlund (tmb at iki.fi) wrote:
+>
+> 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.
+>
+
+I can't agree with the "mirrors are free to not mirror this media",
+three reasons:
+1) I don't see an easy and safe way for mirrors to exclude a media (a
+directory + hdlist in media/media_info) in each distribution,
+2) I don't know how urpmi can manage this, all medias are described in
+only one file, to detect something is missing
+(media/media_info/media.cfg).
+3) I tried to act as rules that a valid is a mirror containing
+everything, to not have to deal with a lot of mirrors style.
+
+Regards.
+
+-- 
+
+Olivier Thauvin
+CNRS  -  LATMOS
+♖ ♘ ♗ ♕ ♔ ♗ ♘ ♖
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