On 11/2/13 11:48 AM, Basil Mohamed Gohar wrote: > 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. If that works, sure. (I didn't read the whole thread, didn't realize that it solved the problem.) -Eric -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
