Packaging of PlayOnLinux

[Jiří Konečný]

Hello all,

is there any reason why the PlayOnLinux is not in Fedora repository? I
know that they have database of proprietary stuff but they don't
download that and you can't purchase anything with the PoL.

If there is no reason I will be happy to package this one.

Thank you for the answers,
Jirka Konecny

[Miroslav Suchý]

Dne 30.9.2015 v 13:39 Jiří Konečný napsal(a):
>  Hello all,
>  
>  is there any reason why the PlayOnLinux is not in Fedora repository? I
>  know that they have database of proprietary stuff but they don't
>  download that and you can't purchase anything with the PoL.
>  
>  If there is no reason I will be happy to package this one. 
I do not see reason why it should be a priory rejected.
Go on and submit package review. :)


-- 
Miroslav Suchy, RHCA
Red Hat, Senior Software Engineer, #brno, #devexp, #fedora-buildsys

[Orion Poplawski]

On 09/30/2015 05:39 AM, Jiří Konečný wrote:
>  Hello all,
>  
>  is there any reason why the PlayOnLinux is not in Fedora repository? I
>  know that they have database of proprietary stuff but they don't
>  download that and you can't purchase anything with the PoL.
>  
>  If there is no reason I will be happy to package this one.
>  
>  Thank you for the answers,
>  Jirka Konecny
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>   
I suspect there may be a fair amount of work getting it to use the system
version of wine.  But maybe not.

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[Andrew Schott]

I don't think so, the default behavior is to offer system or their custom
builds.  I would have to check when I get home, but the default radio
setting should be system wine when creating a new prefix/drive.

Andrew Schott
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On Oct 5, 2015 11:27 AM, "Orion Poplawski" <orion(a)cora.nwra.com&gt; wrote:

>  On 09/30/2015 05:39 AM, Jiří Konečný wrote:
>  > Hello all,
>  >
>  > is there any reason why the PlayOnLinux is not in Fedora repository? I
>  > know that they have database of proprietary stuff but they don't
>  > download that and you can't purchase anything with the PoL.
>  >
>  > If there is no reason I will be happy to package this one.
>  >
>  > Thank you for the answers,
>  > Jirka Konecny
>  > --
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>  >
>
>  I suspect there may be a fair amount of work getting it to use the system
>  version of wine.  But maybe not.
>
>  --
>  Orion Poplawski
>  Technical Manager                     303-415-9701 x222
>  NWRA, Boulder/CoRA Office             FAX: [phone]
>  3380 Mitchell Lane                       orion(a)nwra.com
>  Boulder, CO 80301                   http://www.nwra.com
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[Jiří Konečný]

Maybe I have found the reason why this is not packaged already. 
Could it be because it downloads Windows redistributable in few clicks?
Can you please confirm if this is the issue?

J.

On Wed, 2015-09-30 at 13:39 +0200, Jiří Konečný wrote:
>  Hello all,
>  
>  is there any reason why the PlayOnLinux is not in Fedora repository?
>  I
>  know that they have database of proprietary stuff but they don't
>  download that and you can't purchase anything with the PoL.
>  
>  If there is no reason I will be happy to package this one.
>  
>  Thank you for the answers,
>  Jirka Konecny
>  --
>  packaging mailing list
>  packaging(a)lists.fedoraproject.org
>  https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/packaging

[Matthew Miller]

On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 11:13:08AM +0200, Jiří Konečný wrote:
>  Maybe I have found the reason why this is not packaged already. 
>  Could it be because it downloads Windows redistributable in few clicks?
>  Can you please confirm if this is the issue? 
If that's *all* it does, that's not okay. If it does it automatically*,
also not okay. And if it needs to do that to be functional, also not
okay.



-- 
Matthew Miller
<mattdm(a)fedoraproject.org&gt;
Fedora Project Leader

[Andrew Schott]

On Oct 12, 2015 1:28 PM, "Matthew Miller" <mattdm(a)fedoraproject.org&gt;
wrote:
>  On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 11:13:08AM
>
>  If that's *all* it does, that's not okay. If it does it automatically*,
>  also not okay. And if it needs to do that to be functional, also not
>  okay 
No, that's not all it does nor will it do it automatically.  One needs to
instruct it to do non free things for those things to occur.

PoL is a wine frontend with script capabilities similar to Crossover's
CrossTies for automated dependency handling for getting apps/games working
simply.

[Jiří Konečný]

Thank you for better explanation Andrew.
Am I understand it correctly this is issue which prevents the it to be
a package in Fedora? Even when the user must explicitly instruct PoL to
download and install such thing?
On Mon, 2015-10-12 at 14:44 -0500, Andrew Schott wrote:
>  
>  On Oct 12, 2015 1:28 PM, "Matthew Miller" <mattdm(a)fedoraproject.org&gt;
>  wrote:
>  >
>  > On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 11:13:08AM
>  >
>  > If that's *all* it does, that's not okay. If it does it
>  automatically*,
>  > also not okay. And if it needs to do that to be functional, also
>  not
>  > okay
>  No, that's not all it does nor will it do it automatically.  One
>  needs to instruct it to do non free things for those things to occur.
>  PoL is a wine frontend with script capabilities similar to
>  Crossover's CrossTies for automated dependency handling for getting
>  apps/games working simply.
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[Andrew Schott]

On Oct 13, 2015 3:16 AM, "Jiří Konečný" <jkonecny(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote:
>  Thank you for better explanation Andrew.
>
>  Am I understand it correctly this is >issue which prevents the it to be a
> package in Fedora? Even when the user >must explicitly instruct PoL to 
download
>and install such thing?

Not sure why.  I hold no authority here, just another user who lurks
gaining knowledge in packaging :)

For the last ... God knows how long ... I have been using their repo for my
RHEL & CentOS installs just fine.  It would be nice though to have it more
readily available without adding another repo.

I figured I would chime in on what the software does as I use and rely on
it.  The code is FLOSS, not sure offhand the license, and will do non free
things if told to, but only when told to (explicitly or via a script)