Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-factory (508 mails)

[Juergen Weigert <jw@xxxxxxx>]

On Dec 09, 10 10:28:48 -0500, Roman Bysh wrote:
> On 12/09/2010 07:54 AM, Oddball wrote:
> > > > Since it's illegal to include Packman with the openSUSE release.
> > > This is a common misconception. Try this in yast:
> > >
> > > Software -> Software Repositories
> > >   Add -> Community Repositories
> > >       [x] Packman Repository
> > >     
> > Yeah! Are we getting somewhere or what!?

Yes, very slowly. 
Unfortunatly we forgot to make a law against secrecy.  :-)

> Maybe, we can create a package named "multimedia-pack" so that people
> download it all in one go.

This should be possible, if done right. 
We need to be careful to not create any liability for the openSUSE project
or sponsors. I assume it would need a foolproof method to 'educate' the user 
that he is about to pull in software from beyond our control and what the
implications are.(*)

Please ping me or legal-devel@xxxxxxx for review, if you have a prototype.

> I really think we should simplify this of we want to increase the user base.

Definitly yes. The current procedure has plenty of room for some customer focus.

        cheers,
                JW-

*) We most possibly had a good reason for disapproving a piece of software
   if it is not in our repositories.  Such reason may or may not apply to
   an individual end user.

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