Third party repos

[Stephen Gallagher]

On Thu, 2015-02-26 at 15:58 -0500, Paul W. Frields wrote:
> 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.
> 


Paul, you're describing a System-Wide Change there. What Pete is 
describing is a Self-Contained Change, and this is exactly what those 
sort of Changes are meant to account for.
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