> On 8/29/14, André Silva <[email protected]> wrote:
> The following 4 suggestions have been offered:
Well, I am not a parabola developer, I as strong supporter of Free
Software and I will like to give my opinion worth of 2 bits :)
> 1) Add the -libre suffix to all packages that are modified from Arch
> for freedom reasons (so not for rebranding reasons). (fauno)
>
> lukeshu: Why "except for rebranding"?
Correct. Parabola stands for a distro based on completely Free
Software. We do not need to add -libre suffix for packages modified
from Arch.
> 2) Add the -libre suffix on packages for patched-source software.
> (lukeshu)
>
> lukeshu: Because the name "${pkgbase}-libre" denotes that it is a
> fork of "${pkgbase}" that is maintained by the Parabola project,
> similar to Iceweasel being maintained by Debian, or Linux-libre by
> GNU/the FSFLA.
I agree. It is no longer vanilla, it is a modified form of original,
hence we need to add -libre.
> 3) Don't ever use the -libre suffix (mtjm)
> 4) Use -libre for patched-source software, and -parabola
> for packaging or configuration changes. (coadde)
> The "-libre" policy from #2, plus using another suffix to
> differentiate between Arch's version and Parabola's version to
> avoid confusion when migrating.
I agree. If we change configuration then it becomes a package
maintained by parabola-team, therefore it is a good idea to add
-parabola suffix.
Thanks
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