Yes HTTPS works, I think add https://dl.fedoraproject.org to mirrorlist will solve this problem. -=-=-=-=-=- Mosaab Alzoubi Senior of Linux Arab Community http://linuxac.org Member of Ojuba Project http://ojuba.org Member of Arab Eyes project http://arabeyes.org Maintainer of Almasa project http://linux.softpedia.com/progMoreBy/Publisher-Almasa-47122.html Maintainer of Arabic Translations in : Wine - VLC - KDE - MATE .... etc Also member of Fedora Arabic translations team ---------------------------------------- > Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2013 11:57:26 -0500 > From: sandeen@xxxxxxxxxx > To: devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Packages have "proxy" word. > > 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 -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
