On Tuesday, 27 April 2021 at 21:14, Stephen Gallagher wrote: > I originally raised this as a question to FESCo[1], but I was asked to > bring it up on the Fedora Devel list. My apologies for taking so long > to get around to it. > > While looking into a preset request, I realized that the guidelines[2] > do not say anything at all about enabling default services that are > not packaged in Fedora. > > For a specific example: suppose that a particular VM host provides its > guest tools only as a closed-source binary that they ship. Do we > permit them to request the inclusion of their service in presets under > the reasoning that it would enhance users' performance on those > systems, or do we disallow any non-Fedora software from being included > in the presets? > > What about a third-party repository that provides a closed-source > service that enhances an open-source project (for example, a > closed-source codec server that works with open-source encoding > software)?
Our SELinux policy contains rules for software not included in Fedora, including some proprietary software, so I would say we have a precedent in other areas. If the service in question follows the rules then I don't see why it cannot be included. Regards, Dominik -- Fedora https://getfedora.org | RPM Fusion http://rpmfusion.org There should be a science of discontent. People need hard times and oppression to develop psychic muscles. -- from "Collected Sayings of Muad'Dib" by the Princess Irulan _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure
