[packagekit] FOSScamp discussion notes

[Stanislav Visnovsky]

Dňa Tuesday 27 May 2008 17:59:44 Patryk Zawadzki ste napísal:
> On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 5:39 PM, Stanislav Visnovsky <visnov at suse.cz> wrote:
> > Dňa Tuesday 27 May 2008 17:35:49 Patryk Zawadzki ste napísal:
> >> But that's the goal of most distros. If users want foo, they will
> >> complain and so foo will find its way into distro. That's why using
> >> _only_ distro-provided packages is a good idea. Not to mention having
> >> many mutually-incompatible forks of RPM and different macros and
> >> provides (try to install a PLD Linux package on Fedora or a SUSE
> >> package on RedHat EL without resorting to --force --nodeps).
> >
> > What about policy restrictions (e.g. licensing, non-FOSS, etc)?
>
> That would either require Fedora to authorize Livna-alike repos (won't
> happen - legal issues) or would require the ability to automatically
> enable third-party repos (won't happen - a great way to spread
> rootkits). I don't see how 1-click solves this problem.

1-click gives the user ability to decide enabling additional repo. 
Distribution does not care where the repository is coming from, this is fully 
under control of the user and defined by the provider of 1-click URL.

Stano