On Wednesday 18 February 2009 10:41:13 seth vidal wrote: > On Wed, 2009-02-18 at 10:33 -0500, Tom "spot" Callaway wrote: > > On 2009-02-17 at 20:08:35 -0500, steve <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > Most of my reading these days is done on my laptop[1]. This includes > > > both tech (docs and tutorial types) as well as non-tech books. > > > > > > So, I was pleasantly surprised when I saw 'diveintopython' listed in my > > > yum search listings (I was searching for comic book readers). > > > > > > I like the idea of being able to 'yum install' or 'yum search', or even > > > 'yum groupinsatall' books (or any CC content for that matter, eg: music, > > > video ..etc). If packaging such content is encouraged, I'd gladly > > > package most of the CC content I've accumulated. > > > > > > Does Fedora has a policy or guideline about these things ? > > > > We do: > > > > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/Guidelines#Code_Vs_Content > > > > The rule of thumb is that it must enhance the Fedora user experience. > > > > With that said, if there is interest in doing this on a large scale, it > > might be worth considering making a separate Fedora CC Content > > Repository. I'll defer that decision to FESCo. > > > > I'm not on fesco but I'd be interested in a content repo for things like > that. Ooh, putting Linux Device Drivers in a package would be spiffy too... http://lwn.net/Kernel/LDD3/ I've filed a FESCo ticket here: https://fedorahosted.org/fesco/ticket/65 -- Jarod Wilson jarod@xxxxxxxxxx -- Fedora-packaging mailing list Fedora-packaging@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-packaging
