Re: RPMFusion and downstream

On Qua, 2016-06-15 at 21:29 +1000, Chris Smart wrote: > Hi all, > > By request, following up a conversation I started on IRC... > > I run Korora[1], a Fedora Remix which relies heavily on RPMFusion, so > firstly, thanks for all the great work. I think it has been taken for > granted RPMFusion is there - the issues around the 23 release made me > realise that. > > Ultimately I've been thinking more about the role that RPMFusion > plays > and I feel that it's really essential to the Fedora ecosystem - > without > it, we wouldn't be able to provide a decent user experience or > "compete" > with other distros. > > It needs to become a first-class citizen somehow, however I doubt > that > Fedora will ever officially take on the RPMFusion role, although > there > have been some changes in Fedora with ideas like supporting third > party > repos and even including metadata for non-free and patent encumbered > free software which might change the landscape a bit. All not FOSS are in RPMFusion and will not change by simple fact that legally protects RedHat and Fedora from be sued by patent nfringements, that is how I see this project . 

> That brings me to the upcoming 24 release and whether projects like > mine should be doing more to help RPMFusion get across the line.. any > thoughts? > > I know that RPMFusion is in the middle of a transition to new > infrastructure. > > Is there perhaps a case to be made for stripping back RPMFusion to > some > more core packages, to focus on quality and delivery, then re- > building > out? Or do we have all the devs ready and waiting to go once the new > infra is ready? > > Thanks! > Chris > > [1] https://kororaproject.org -- Sérgio M. B.