2022-12-28

02:58 PM Packages Freedom Issue #2136: [musescore]: depends on 'qt5-webengine'

The latest version (4.0-2) no longer depends on @qt5-webengine@, so @libre/musescore@ can be deprecated and @musescor... gap

2022-12-09

07:39 PM Packages Packaging Request #3353: Add back ghidra (was: [ghidra] Various freedom and technical issues)

We should identify and tackle the root cause of these issues.
AFAICT the shoddy packaging is a result of poor Arch p... gap

01:57 AM Packages Housekeeping #3385: [qt5-webkit]: dropped from arch - many dependents

@bill-auger I thank you for maintaining Parabola and I commend your dedication to fixing these problems which are ove... gap

2022-11-07

06:57 PM Packages Freedom Issue #3370: betterdiscordctl (nonfree software)

Confirmed: only useful with proprietary software. gap

2022-11-04

03:52 PM Packages Bug #3367: [multiple]: signature from "bill-auger <bill-auger@peers.community>" is unknown trust corrupted (invalid or corrupted package (PGP signature)

In my experience you have to upgrade the various keyring packages before doing the full system upgrade. gap

2022-11-01

05:22 PM Packages Privacy Issue #3286: [tenacity] Audacity fork minus the spyware

Audacity 3.2 has a "Get more effects..." button in an effects sidebar that links to the Audacity online manual, which... gap

2022-09-30

12:23 AM Packages Freedom Issue #2986: [deepin-wallpapers][deepin-community-wallpapers]: Incorrect license

It looks like they did implement a fix; they moved all the nonfree images to a new repo: https://github.com/linuxdeep... gap

2022-09-28

11:39 PM Packages Packaging Request #2874: [python2-*]: multiple packages dropped from arch

In #3237 I made a table of packages which can be purged without controversy.
As for almost all of these other pack... gap

07:55 PM Packages Freedom Issue #3278: [mesa] Software patent avoidance

Update: Red Hat have disabled support for various codecs in Fedora:
https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/mesa/c/94ef54... gap

2022-09-27

01:47 AM Packages Packaging Request #3353 (open): Add back ghidra (was: [ghidra] Various freedom and technical issues)

See @PKGBUILD@: https://github.com/archlinux/svntogit-community/blob/packages/ghidra/trunk/PKGBUILD
Freedom issues... gap