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

Tue Mar 15 20:21:31 CET 2011

Le mardi 15 mars 2011 à 18:36 +0100, Tux99 a écrit :
+> 
+> > If the mix is legit, then we just move to non-free, and warn mirrors
+> > that both non-free and tainted can cause troubles.
+> 
+> Why do you think that would be a better solution than putting it into
+> tainted (where it belongs for dependencies) and marking tainted as being
+> for ALL tainted packages (regardless if free or nonfree)?
+
+Because some people do not care about patents and using tainted stuff,
+but do care about free licenses and do care about what it bring to them.
+
+I do. Stormi do ( or seems to do ). And I think that given we decided to
+split PLF for that precise reason, there is more than 2 of us to care.
+
+> Putting tainted packages in nonfree just causes more confusion IMHO.
+
+As much as the reverse, it all depends on what you tell to people about
+the repository, what they expect and what you prefer to highlight. 
+
+Putting tainted separated from non-free is a way to remind to people
+that patents and various similar issues do still exists, that there is
+problem regarding free software unrelated to license, and that's a
+separate concern from being non-free. 
+
+Putting non-free rpms in tainted will blur the line between the 2.
+
+The only use I would see about separating non-free and tainted is for
+mirrors maintainers, but we cannot guarantee much regarding non-free, as
+we had various weird stuff in PLF that would prevent some mirrors from
+having it.
+
+> > If this is non-free, it goes to non-free, that's all. And we link
+> > nothing to it outside of non-free.
+> 
+> Which would mean other packages like gstreamer will have reduced
+> capability.
+
+You should read some documents about gstreamer architecture.
+
+Nothing prevent to have a single plugin in non-free linked to anything
+there, and loaded by gstreamer later. Yes, this may be more work but I
+assume that people who have time to post on mls have time to get things
+done.
+
+-- 
+Michael Scherer
+
+