On Tue, Apr 27, 2021 at 11:07:14PM +0200, Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski wrote: > On Tuesday, 27 April 2021 at 21:14, Stephen Gallagher wrote: > > I originally raised this as a question to FESCo[1], but I was asked to > > bring it up on the Fedora Devel list. My apologies for taking so long > > to get around to it. > > > > While looking into a preset request, I realized that the guidelines[2] > > do not say anything at all about enabling default services that are > > not packaged in Fedora. > > > > For a specific example: suppose that a particular VM host provides its > > guest tools only as a closed-source binary that they ship. Do we > > permit them to request the inclusion of their service in presets under > > the reasoning that it would enhance users' performance on those > > systems, or do we disallow any non-Fedora software from being included > > in the presets? > > > > What about a third-party repository that provides a closed-source > > service that enhances an open-source project (for example, a > > closed-source codec server that works with open-source encoding > > software)? > > Our SELinux policy contains rules for software not included in Fedora, > including some proprietary software, so I would say we have a precedent > in other areas. That's a good point. > If the service in question follows the rules then I don't see why it > cannot be included. Yeah. For me, the main reason to *not* allow such presets would be if there was some general principle against mentioning external software. But if selinux policy does that, presets should be able to too. Zbyszek _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to 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/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure
