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<H1>[Mageia-dev] Repository question: where do we put non-free+tainted RPMs?</H1>
<B>Anssi Hannula</B>
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<I>Tue Mar 15 23:24:25 CET 2011</I>
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<PRE>On 14.03.2011 15:30, Tux99 wrote:
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</I>><i>
</I>><i> Quote: Anssi Hannula wrote on Mon, 14 March 2011 00:35
</I>>><i>
</I>>><i> On 14.03.2011 01:01, Tux99 wrote:
</I>>>><i>
</I>>>><i> Personally I also think 'tainted' would be the better choice than
</I>>>><i> 'non-free' since potential patent issues are a more serious concern
</I>>>><i> than a
</I>>>><i> non-FOSS license, but tbh I think both choices are far from ideal,
</I>>>><i> I
</I>>>><i> believe the only really clean solution would be to create a
</I>>>><i> 'tainted+non-free' repo just like PLF has.
</I>>><i>
</I>>><i> One option would be to add it to "tainted", but have it require a
</I>>><i> dummy
</I>>><i> metapackage from "non-free" repository, so that it can be only
</I>>><i> installed
</I>>><i> if non-free media is enabled. It might cause too much confusion,
</I>>><i> though,
</I>>><i> as the error message wouldn't be very clear.
</I>><i>
</I>><i> I agree that the metapackage solution is impractical since it would cause
</I>><i> too much confusion for users.
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We could make it
Requires: nonfree-repository-required
or similar so that the error message would give a better hint of what is
wrong.
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Anssi Hannula
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