On 29.04.2009 00:53, Andre Robatino wrote:
> VirtualBox-OSE (the Open-Source-Edition) is in RPM Fusion
Free
Updates> Testing for F10 since yesterday(¹). It'll get moved to the
> proper updates directory sooner or later.
[...]
> (¹) Note that the RPM Fusion updates-testing repos depend on
> the updates-testing repo from Fedora. IOW: the kmods are build
against> the 2.6.29 kernel in Fedora's updates-testing repo.
The version currently in RPM Fusion's updates-testing is 2.1.4, while
the latest closed-source version is 2.2.2. Is it necessary to do
anything to convert the contents of one's ~/.VirtualBox directory to
work with the lower-numbered version? (As I recall, the update to 2.2.0
required a file format conversion.) Or can one just remove the
closed-source package, install the open-source one, and have everything
just work?
I have no idea, I never used it myself.
Also, for people who need the closed-source features such as guest
access to USB devices, is it possible for the closed-source version to
be in the nonfree repo?
Basically yes, if
* it's allowed to redistribute the closed-source version
* someone steps up to do the work (e.g. create proper packages)
CU
knurd