RPMFusion and downstream

[Sérgio Basto]

On Dom, 2016-06-26 at 11:45 +1000, Chris Smart wrote:
> 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!

I don't, after have all infra up and running, all contributors can
commit and submit builds like in Fedora , so this "crossing of the
desert" seems near to the end, so no need to focus only on core
packages . 



> > 
> > > 
> > > 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.