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.
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