On 10/14/2009 06:30 PM, Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 05:29:13PM +0200, Ralf Corsepius wrote:
> On 10/14/2009 03:04 PM, Peter Lemenkov wrote:
>> Hello All!
>>
>> Imagine an application, which relies on a specific kernel module. This
>> module is not a part of stock Fedora kernel (at least, yet), and we
>> don't allow stand-alone kernel modules.
>>
>> Whether or not this package can be allowed?
>>
> IMO: no.
>
> Packages in Fedora should "just work" and therefore must not rely on
> anything which is not in Fedora.
Well I don't think this should be a hard and fast rule.
Then our opions
diverge: I think it should be a hard show stopper criterion.
There should not be any room for any "cripple ware" in Fedora nor should
Fedora be a stage for "closed source loaders".
Ralf