[Mageia-dev] Repository question: where do we put non-free+tainted RPMs?

Tue Jul 12 23:20:28 CEST 2011

andre999 skrev 12.7.2011 23:48:
+>
+> So we could eliminate the "tainted" repos, to facilitate putting packages in
+> core or non-free as appropriate.
+> There may have to be a few adjustments to show (or not) the packages tagged
+> "tainted", but that shouldn't be difficult.
+> Wouldn't that be easier ?
+>
+> (At the same time, we could choose a name that doesn't indicate that there is
+> something intrinsically wrong with the package.)
+>
+
+NO.
+
+The decision to have a separated repo for tainted software is not up for 
+debate... It has already been discussed and decided long ago.
+
+as for the question that started this thread:
+
+"Repository question: where do we put non-free+tainted RPMs?"
+
+It's simple, and even outlined in the mirrors_policy:
+http://mageia.org/wiki/doku.php?id=mirrors_policy
+
+If there is a package that otherwise matches core or nonfree repos,
+but has a possible patent issue it ends up in tainted.
+
+
+As for splitting up tainted in tainted-core/tainted-nonfree,
+I dont think it's really worth it, and no-one really argued
+for it when we discussed the mirror layout...
+
+--
+Thomas
+