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

Tue Mar 15 23:24:25 CET 2011

On 14.03.2011 15:30, Tux99 wrote:
+> 
+> 
+> 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.
+
+We could make it
+Requires: nonfree-repository-required
+
+or similar so that the error message would give a better hint of what is
+wrong.
+
+-- 
+Anssi Hannula
+