https://labs.parabola.nu/https://labs.parabola.nu/favicon.ico?15367742552020-04-05T20:59:00ZParabola Issue TrackerPackages - Freedom Issue #2670: [osinfo-db] Contains metadata for nonfree OSs, including download URLshttps://labs.parabola.nu/issues/2670?journal_id=140052020-04-05T20:59:00Zgrizzlyuser
<ul></ul><p>Please note, there is a /usr/share/osinfo/os/pureos.net/pureos-8.xml metadata file for PureOS 8. According to [2] this version has a release date that is after the endorsement of PureOS by FSF [3].</p>
<p>So if metadata files for most of the OSs are going to be removed in the patched package, it makes sense to preserve at least the ones related to PureOS.</p>
<p>[2] <a class="external" href="https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=pureos">https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=pureos</a><br />[3] <a class="external" href="https://www.fsf.org/news/fsf-adds-pureos-to-list-of-endorsed-gnu-linux-distributions-1">https://www.fsf.org/news/fsf-adds-pureos-to-list-of-endorsed-gnu-linux-distributions-1</a></p> Packages - Freedom Issue #2670: [osinfo-db] Contains metadata for nonfree OSs, including download URLshttps://labs.parabola.nu/issues/2670?journal_id=140282020-04-06T02:19:05Zbill-auger
<ul><li><strong>Priority</strong> changed from <i>bug</i> to <i>freedom issue</i></li><li><strong>Status</strong> changed from <i>unconfirmed</i> to <i>confirmed</i></li></ul><p>this package does not seem to have much value IMHO - and even if it did, it looks like pureos is the only FSDG-fit distro that it indexes anyways - i would suggest just blacklisting it rather than bothering to liberate it</p> Packages - Freedom Issue #2670: [osinfo-db] Contains metadata for nonfree OSs, including download URLshttps://labs.parabola.nu/issues/2670?journal_id=140302020-04-06T02:24:45Zbill-auger
<ul><li><strong>Related to</strong> <i><a class="issue tracker-4 status-8 priority-8 priority-highest" href="/issues/2671">Freedom Issue #2671</a>: [libosinfo] Probably needs to be removed from blacklist</i> added</li></ul> Packages - Freedom Issue #2670: [osinfo-db] Contains metadata for nonfree OSs, including download URLshttps://labs.parabola.nu/issues/2670?journal_id=140342020-04-06T07:10:01Zgrizzlyuser
<ul></ul><p>bill-auger wrote:</p>
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<p>this package does not seem to have much value IMHO - and even if it did, it looks like pureos is the only FSDG-fit distro that it indexes anyways - i would suggest just blacklisting it rather than bothering to liberate it</p>
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<p>libosinfo depends on it, and it's in turn a dependency of other packages that have a value, please see <a class="external" href="https://labs.parabola.nu/issues/2671#note-3">https://labs.parabola.nu/issues/2671#note-3</a></p> Packages - Freedom Issue #2670: [osinfo-db] Contains metadata for nonfree OSs, including download URLshttps://labs.parabola.nu/issues/2670?journal_id=140362020-04-06T08:31:33Zbill-auger
<ul></ul><p>ok so if the only problematic thing about this package is URLs<br />to download ISOs, that should be fairly easy to patch</p> Packages - Freedom Issue #2670: [osinfo-db] Contains metadata for nonfree OSs, including download URLshttps://labs.parabola.nu/issues/2670?journal_id=141252020-04-13T15:29:50Ztheova
<ul></ul><p>bill-auger wrote:</p>
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<p>ok so if the only problematic thing about this package is URLs<br />to download ISOs, that should be fairly easy to patch</p>
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<p>So it would be enough to replace the URLs and redirect them to parabola.nu?</p> Packages - Freedom Issue #2670: [osinfo-db] Contains metadata for nonfree OSs, including download URLshttps://labs.parabola.nu/issues/2670?journal_id=141272020-04-13T17:09:38Zgrizzlyuser
<ul></ul><p>As I understand, all the metadata about nonfree software is better to be removed, not just URLs.</p>
<p>I guess the subject of this issue is somewhat misleading. Did I write it? If yes, sorry for that. It should say something like "[osinfo-db] Contains metadata for nonfree OSs, including download URLs".</p> Packages - Freedom Issue #2670: [osinfo-db] Contains metadata for nonfree OSs, including download URLshttps://labs.parabola.nu/issues/2670?journal_id=141282020-04-13T17:17:07Ztheova
<ul><li><strong>Subject</strong> changed from <i>[osinfo-db] Contains links to nonfree OSs</i> to <i>[osinfo-db] Contains metadata for nonfree OSs, including download URLs</i></li></ul>