[Mageia-dev] Mirror layout, round two

Jerome Quelin jquelin at gmail.com
Mon Nov 29 15:10:47 CET 2010


On 10/11/28 22:12 +0200, Thomas Backlund wrote:
> So the mirror medias accordingly to all comments so far would be a simple:
> 
> * core
>   - enabled by default
>   - mirrors must mirror this media to be listed as a mirror
>   - only GPL stuff
>   - must be selfcontained
> 
> * nonfree
>   - disabled by default, installer will ask to enable it if
>     it detects hw that need driver/fw from here...
>   - mirrors must mirror this media to be listed as a mirror
>   - contains apps/drivers/firmware that are free to redistribute,
>     but we dont have GPL source for
>   - for example ati/nvidia drivers/firmware, Oracle Java, ...
> 
> * tainted
>   - disabled by default
>   - mirrors are free to not mirror this media
>   - stuff we think we can redistribute, but that may have some
>     patent issues or other restrictions in oter countries.

as a packager, i like this.
as a user, i like this too.
i let mirror admins comment wrt their view.

jérôme 
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jquelin at gmail.com


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