RPMFusion and downstream

[Chris Smart]

On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 04:02:46AM +0100, Sérgio Basto wrote:
>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 . 
>

Yeah, I wasn't suggesting that RPMFusion would be replaced by
Fedora/RedHat project, I was suggesting that perhaps it can get
first-class citizen love if it was to be supported as an official 3rd
party repo.

So there was much more in my question than just that, any thoughts on
the rest of it? I see the 24 release is out, which is fantastic. Great
job!

>> 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.