Hello, Leon. On Monday, 08 January 2024 at 17:18, Leon Fauster via epel-devel wrote: > Hi all, > > it seems that VLC is in EPEL9 now. Looks like some license changes > allows packaging some multimedia stuff now. I noticed also the > new epel-cisco-openh264 repo. > > Unfortunately, I'm not involved in the upstream/Fedora discussions. > So, I miss some kind of documentation. A look into Fedoras Wiki also > doesn't show any article that explains the current status/motivation > /limitations of such components and their differences to RPMFUSIONs > one. Also the concept of "freeworld" packages is unclear (at least to > me). What kind of documentation would you like to see? What exact questions woud you like to see answered in such documentation? > Some RPMFUSION packages were in conflict with the new packages in > epel- testing. Currently, the conflicts are resolved but the > epel-testing packages would overwrite the ones installed from > RPMFUSION now (someone stated no assurance for such repo > compatibility). Perfect coordination is, unfortunately, not possible. Even if we pushed the packages to testing and to stable repos at the same time in both Fedora and RPM Fusion, there will still be delays due to mirroring. > Any pointers to sources/docs/threads that explains the new strategies > and activities or any other suggestions to read would be greatly > appreciated. I did a presentation on this topic at a local conference last year, but it seems they haven't put it online yet. I'll try to post my slides when I find them at least. > BTW, do the RPMFUSION and Fedora Devs coordinate such overlap? Where? We usually do it over bugzilla[1] and e-mail[2]. Sometimes on IRC[3] and Matrix[4]. "We" here means the Multimedia SIG: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Category:Multimedia_SIG [1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com https://bugzilla.rpmfusion.org [2] Direct or https://lists.rpmfusion.org/archives/list/rpmfusion-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ [3] irc://#rpmfusion@xxxxxxxxxxx [4] https://matrix.to/#/#multimedia:fedoraproject.org Regards, Dominik -- Fedora https://fedoraproject.org Deep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical universe that makes sense. But the real universe is always one step beyond logic. -- from "The Sayings of Muad'Dib" by the Princess Irulan -- _______________________________________________ epel-devel mailing list -- epel-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to epel-devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/epel-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
