Third party repos

[Paul W. Frields]

On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 08:37:55AM -0700, Pete Travis wrote:
> On Feb 26, 2015 6:57 AM, "Paul W. Frields" <stickster at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I wanted to resurface the third party repository topic before we get
> > to next week's meeting.  Currently we have the following page drafted
> > that discusses the new disabled repo feature currently in Fedora 22
> > Workstation:
> >
> > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Workstation/3rdPartyApps
> >
> > Currently there's a policy from the Council (nee Board) on third party
> > repos here:
> >
> > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Third_Party_Repository_Policy
> >
> > This policy doesn't address one of the problems I believe we're trying
> > to solve in software -- making developer access to non-libre (but
> > legally OK) tools on Fedora less convoluted and burdensome.
> >
> > So there's not just the question of implementation and curation, but
> > also getting a policy change approved by the Council.
> >
> This would make more sense to me as a Change proposal, with all the process
> and publicity that comes with that.  A change in Fedora like this is much
> greater than the actual implementation details; treating it like a minor
> gnome-software feature add isn't representative of the impact on the
> project.

Except the Change process is focused on sorting out changes that make
more than the owner do work to integrate, vs. those that don't.  I
think calling this a Change actually demote this to a purely technical
decision, and I don't want to see it treated that way.  So I think
your suggestion achieves the opposite of what you intend.

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