[Mageia-dev] Mageia repository sections, licenses, restrictions, firmware etc

Marc Paré marc at marcpare.com
Tue Oct 12 20:00:29 CEST 2010


>
> And why don't we affect specific packages to the country exactly like
> the localization is affected ? In France too the default install is
> certainly the choice of the educational establishments ... but in french
> FR_FR, not in EN_US.
> So, why not a pre-selection of certain kind of packages in the same time
> of selection of the country in the install menu ?
>
> Suggestion : (don't beat me please) :
>
> Actually, we have team for translating the texts ... why not somes teams
> for choose between "free or not free" packages in localized variation of
> Mageia.
> I know PLF (without that, no Mandriva on my PC), but I think that
> waiting the PLF adaptation, or have garbage free packages after PLF
> installation is not optimal.
>
>
>
> Own remark : (No, no, don't beat ...)
>
> Mageia is new, young, dynamical ... I suggest to use this situation for
> don't go in the same ways than the others ... With "free + PLF", we
> don't inovate in regard of the existing Mandriva / OpenSuse / Ubuntu /
> Slac/ etc ... etc ... we only repeat the old schema. Why do a new distro
> also ?
>
>
>

I think pre-selected Country installs would just be too hard to 
coordinate, laws change. Free and non-free is pretty simple.

Marc



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