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

Ahmad Samir ahmadsamir3891 at gmail.com
Wed Jul 6 13:48:20 CEST 2011


On 6 July 2011 13:40, Florian Hubold <doktor5000 at arcor.de> wrote:
> Am 06.07.2011 12:10, schrieb Wolfgang Bornath:
>>
>> If we go back to the beginning of the discussion where to put such
>> packages which were in PLF we made a clear difference:
>>
>> 1. All non-free goes into non-free
>>
>> 2. Software which may be illegal in some countries (mostly because of
>> licensing) will go into tainted.
>>
>> That's all. Clear and simple.
>>
> Doesn't seem so. If even Anssi asks me where this package should go,
> maybe this is not clear to everybody. Also if you reread this thread,
> there is no concesus here. Also regarding Ahmads answer.
>
> But if you tell me that is the status quo, and the others also say so,
> my question is anwered, and HandBrake should go to tainted.
>

If HandBrake has a bundled faac, then it shouldn't go anywhere in the
official Mageia repos, unless the bundles faac is disabled.... IIUC.

-- 
Ahmad Samir


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