> We could use the version of gnome-software that PureOS uses. I noticed > that it seemed to work quite nicely and did not recommend non-free > software:
For some reason I can't find gnome-software in Purism's VCS,[1] so it is not easy to see the exact modifications they have made to Debian's gnome-software. Based on the changelog available here though,[2] it appears that most of the modifications made are Librem 5-specific changes that we don't want, including an added dependency on libhandy. The only freedom-related item in the changelog that is the removal of this patch,[3] which is trivial enough that it would be easier to start upstream's gnome-software and make that small change ourselves, along with other changes like preventing gnome-software from recommending packages from PPAs added by the user, than to start with PureOS's and revert their other changes. [1] https://source.puri.sm/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&search=gnome-software&group_id=34&project_id=&repository_ref=&nav_source=navbar [2] https://repo.pureos.net/pureos/pool/main/g/gnome-software/gnome-software_3.34.0%2B7586%2Bgitd7b3a55a-1pureos0.debian.tar.xz [3] https://salsa.debian.org/gnome-team/gnome-software/blob/debian/master/debian/patches/0011-Support-snap-channels.patch
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