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

[Thomas Backlund]

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