On Mon, 2004-08-02 at 17:50, Alan Cox wrote: > On Mon, Aug 02, 2004 at 11:49:20AM -0400, Michael Tiemann wrote: > > Do you at least agree that my definition of Extras--the maximal set of > > consistent packages, puts a bound on how out of hand components can > > get? I.e., there's still a normalizing force to be "in", even if that > > "in" is much larger a circle than core. > > I cerainly don't. Extras also needs to be bounded by being open source and > not dependant on proprietary code Why? Would you mind to elaborate your motivation for this position? I agree, it is in Linux/GNU's general interest to promote "Open Source" SW, but I also feel this isn't necessarily attractive to many users. I.e. in case Extras is supposed to contain "OpenSource" only (Which I am not opposed to!), I vote for adding a "Non-OpenSource" add-on repository to Fedora Extras. Ralf
