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

[Wolfgang Bornath]

2011/7/12 Dexter Morgan <dmorganec at gmail.com>:
> 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.

That's what I've been saying at the beginning of this discussion
(before I dived into the argument with andre999)

-- 
wobo