From: "宋文武 via Guix-patches via" <guix-patches@gnu.org>
To: Andrew Wong <wongandj@icloud.com>
Cc: 75101@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: [bug#75101] [PATCH 0/2] Fix broken Retroarch while respecting FSDG
Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2024 15:57:20 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87o70s709r.fsf@envs.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20241225213801.8020-1-wongandj@icloud.com> (Andrew Wong's message of "Wed, 25 Dec 2024 16:29:45 -0500")
Andrew Wong <wongandj@icloud.com> writes:
> Retroarch's ability to download "cores" (libraries) to userspace was removed
> recently because of non-free cores being available. However, I have found a
> more sensible solution which enables the free-licensed cores (which make up
> the majority of the list) to still be downloaded. All that is needed is for
> the entries for nonfree cores in the retroarch-core-info package to be
> removed; without these entries, Retroarch cannot download or update the
> nonfree cores, and the FSDG are respected while keeping the software usable.
Hello, thanks for the contributions.
>
> Andrew Wong (2):
> gnu: retroarch-core-info: Remove non-free core listings.
LGTM!
> gnu: retroarch-minimal: Enable core downloading with limited core info.
Despite FSDG requirements, I think downloading those cores / shared
libraries from internet is not a good idea, as there maybe compability
issues between their build environment and Guix:
- if they build cores against glibc newer than our retroarch.
- if the cores shared linked to other libraries than our retroarch.
And we have more trust and transparent with our packaged cores,
so I think we should keep cores downloading disable, also once we
package them there is no need to download.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-12-31 7:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-12-25 21:29 [bug#75101] [PATCH 0/2] Fix broken Retroarch while respecting FSDG Andrew Wong via Guix-patches via
2024-12-25 21:39 ` [bug#75101] [PATCH 1/2] gnu: retroarch-core-info: Remove non-free core listings Andrew Wong via Guix-patches via
2024-12-25 21:39 ` [bug#75101] [PATCH 2/2] gnu: retroarch-minimal: Enable core downloading with limited core info Andrew Wong via Guix-patches via
2024-12-31 7:57 ` 宋文武 via Guix-patches via [this message]
2025-01-04 2:02 ` [bug#75101] [PATCH 0/2] Fix broken Retroarch while respecting FSDG Andrew Wong
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