On 11/02/2013 12:46 PM, Eric Sandeen wrote: > On 11/2/13 10:50 AM, Kevin Kofler wrote: >> مصعب الزعبي wrote: >>> Then do new rule to write "proxies" instead of proxy, at Fedora packaging >>> guidlines. >> >> Renaming packages, censoring descriptions etc. in Fedora at the whims of >> governments (of countries Fedora isn't supposed to be exported to in the >> first place) is not going to happen. Sorry. >> >> Kevin Kofler >> > > I think your answer conflates two issues. > > If Syria is on the export control list, there's really no further discussion > to be had. > > But I wonder how many i.e. school nanny-filters ban URLs with the word > "proxy," and how that impacts the ability of users in any country to obtain > Fedora. > > The idea of an alternate URL using package hashes seemed reasonable to me, > to route around that sort of internet damage. > > -Eric > I think the solution in this case, that would require zero change to package names, and likely little else, would be to offer a way to choose only those repos that offer an https interface. -- Libre Video http://librevideo.org -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
