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

[Dexter Morgan]

On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 11:20 PM, Thomas Backlund <tmb at mageia.org> wrote:
> andre999 skrev 12.7.2011 23:48:
>>
>> So we could eliminate the "tainted" repos, to facilitate putting packages
>> in
>> core or non-free as appropriate.
>> There may have to be a few adjustments to show (or not) the packages
>> tagged
>> "tainted", but that shouldn't be difficult.
>> Wouldn't that be easier ?
>>
>> (At the same time, we could choose a name that doesn't indicate that there
>> is
>> something intrinsically wrong with the package.)
>>
>
> NO.
>
> The decision to have a separated repo for tainted software is not up for
> debate... It has already been discussed and decided long ago.
>
> as for the question that started this thread:
>
> "Repository question: where do we put non-free+tainted RPMs?"
>
> It's simple, and even outlined in the mirrors_policy:
> http://mageia.org/wiki/doku.php?id=mirrors_policy
>
> If there is a package that otherwise matches core or nonfree repos,
> but has a possible patent issue it ends up in tainted.
>
>
> As for splitting up tainted in tainted-core/tainted-nonfree,
> I dont think it's really worth it, and no-one really argued
> for it when we discussed the mirror layout...
>
> --
> Thomas
>

i can't agree more with you thomas.