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

Mon Mar 14 14:30:04 CET 2011

+
+Quote: Anssi Hannula wrote on Mon, 14 March 2011 00:35
+>
+> On 14.03.2011 01:01, Tux99 wrote:
+> > 
+> > Personally I also think 'tainted' would be the better choice than
+> > 'non-free' since potential patent issues are a more serious concern
+> > than a
+> > non-FOSS license, but tbh I think both choices are far from ideal,
+> > I
+> > believe the only really clean solution would be to create a
+> > 'tainted+non-free' repo just like PLF has.
+> 
+> One option would be to add it to "tainted", but have it require a
+> dummy
+> metapackage from "non-free" repository, so that it can be only
+> installed
+> if non-free media is enabled. It might cause too much confusion,
+> though,
+> as the error message wouldn't be very clear.
+
+I agree that the metapackage solution is impractical since it would cause
+too much confusion for users.
+
+I would have hoped that the packaging team leaders would give their opinion
+on where to put a 'tainted+non-free' package too.
+
+Since there has been no other comments on this matter so far I assume that
+nobody minds, therefore given the existing layout of 'core', 'non-free'
+and 'tainted' repos, I would say 'tainted' is the best suited repo and
+interpret the scope of the 'tainted' repo as being for all 'tainted'
+packages, free and non-free.
+
+Does anybody disagree with this and has a better suggestion?
+
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