[Mageia-dev] rehashing the faac issue

[Claire Robinson]

On 03/10/12 15:20, Sander Lepik wrote:
> 03.10.2012 17:07, Guillaume Rousse kirjutas:
>> Which means using 'nonfree' repository instead of 'tainted'...
>>
>> OK, let's vote here:
>> - how many people for using 'tainted' ?
>> - how many people for using 'non-free' ?
>>
>> Any solution involving technical changes doesn't qualify for a simple
>> solution, and doesn't seems worth the effort for just a single package...
>>
> Well, you can't list 'non-free' as an option here as faac contains
> content that belongs to tainted repo. If you land it there we will cause
> problems for some mirrors and that is a no-go option.
> 
> If you want to vote then we can vote between those options:
> - land it in 'tainted'
> - it remains excluded
> 
> My vote goes to tainted. Yes, non-free and free packages will be mixed
> but most users would vote for including it. Free software lovers can
> just avoid it. They should be better informed than normal user anyway.
> 
> -- 
> Sander
> 

I vote for tainted. I like Colin's idea too though.

Claire