[Mageia-dev] Upgrade report : orphans, tainted software, remaining mdv packages

[Maarten Vanraes]

Op donderdag 07 april 2011 11:43:45 schreef Samuel Verschelde:
> Le dimanche 3 avril 2011 09:45:48, Samuel Verschelde a écrit :
> > I upgraded my system using the boot.iso,
> > 
> > First, I did a long orphans cleaning, checking them one by one in order
> > to see if some useful packages would be removed by error...
> > 
> > Among them, libreoffice, for which I opened a bug report, and x11 input
> > and video drivers for virtualbox, which prevents X to start if removed.
> > 
> > I noticed that my plf vlc was replaced by vlc in core, which has less
> > codecs AFAIK. This is perfectly normal from RPM point of view, but leads
> > to a question : will the tainted media be on by default during upgrade ?
> > My opinion is the best from the users's point of view is to ask the
> > question : "do you want to install software from the 'tainted' media,
> > which contain useful software which can be subject to legal issues in
> > some countries (codecs, dvd decoding...) ?". What is planned in this
> > regard ?
> 
> I got no answer, so I'm asking it again :)

yes, good question... very good question, one to which i have no answer...

> > After removing the various orphan packages, here is the list of remaining
> > mandriva packages on my system :
> > 
> > Must I open a bug report for each (and yes, I know, I can import part of
> > them myself :)) ?
> 
> Idem for this question.
> 
> > [root at localhost ~]# rpm -qa | grep mdv | sort
> > bluez-firmware-1.2-6mdv2010.0
> > cvsps-2.2b1-1mdv2010.1
> > drakfirsttime-2.25.5-1mdv2010.1
> > drakguard-0.7.7-1mdv2010.1
> > drakmenustyle-0.14.1-3mdv2010.1
> > flashplayer-plugin-10.1.53.64-1mdv2010.1
> > fping-2.4b2-14mdv2010.1
> > hcl-1.7.1-3mdv2010.1
> > hso-rezero-0.1-7mdv2010.1
> > kbluetooth-0.4.2-1mdv2010.1
> > kvpnc-0.9.6-2mdv2010.1
> > liblzma2-4.999.9beta-2mdv2010.1
> > libmagick3-6.6.1.5-2mdv2010.1
> > libmikmod3-3.2.0-0.beta2.7.1mdv2010.1
> > libmikmod-devel-3.2.0-0.beta2.7.1mdv2010.1
> > libSDL_image1.2_0-1.2.10-2mdv2010.1
> > libSDL_image-devel-1.2.10-2mdv2010.1
> > libSDL_mixer1.2_0-1.2.11-3mdv2010.1
> > libSDL_mixer-devel-1.2.11-3mdv2010.1
> > libva0.31.0.5_1-0.31.0.1.sds10-1.1mdv2010.1
> > libwebkitgtk1.0_2-1.2.7-0.1mdv2010.2
> > libxapian15-1.0.19-1mdv2010.1
> > libxulrunner1.9.2.10-1.9.2.10-0.1mdv2010.1
> > libxulrunner1.9.2.11-1.9.2.11-0.2mdv2010.1
> > libxulrunner1.9.2.13-1.9.2.13-0.2mdv2010.2
> > libxulrunner1.9.2.14-1.9.2.14-0.1mdv2010.2
> > libxulrunner1.9.2.6-1.9.2.6-1mdv2010.1
> > lsdvd-0.16-8mdv2010.1
> > mdkonline-2.77.21-1.2mdv2010.1
> > mdv-rpm-summary-0.9.4-1mdv2010.1
> > nspluginwrapper-1.3.0-5mdv2010.1
> > ogmtools-1.5-6mdv2010.0
> > php-timezonedb-2011.1-0.1mdv2010.2
> > preload-0.6.4-2mdv2010.1
> > prism2-utils-0.2.8-4mdv2010.1
> > qstardict-0.13.1-3mdv2010.1
> > rpmstats-0.6.1-1.2mdv2010.1
> > rt2870-firmware-8-2mdv2010.0
> > rt3090-firmware-2.1.0.0-2mdv2010.0
> > telepathy-salut-0.3.11-1mdv2010.1
> > tla-1.3.5-4mdv2009.0
> > touchfreeze-0.2.3-2mdv2010.1
> > ufoai-2.3-1mdv2010.1
> > ufoai-data-2.3-1mdv2010.1
> > unionfs-utils-0.2.1-6mdv2010.1
> > webkit1.0-1.2.7-0.1mdv2010.2
> > webkit1.0-webinspector-1.2.7-0.1mdv2010.2
> > webkit-1.2.7-0.1mdv2010.2
> > xapian-bindings-php-1.0.19-1mdv2010.1
> > xapian-bindings-python-1.0.19-1mdv2010.1
> > xapian-core-1.0.19-1mdv2010.1
> > zcip-4-11mdv2010.1
> > 
> > Best regards
> > 
> > Samuel Verschelde