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FOSS only official repo? (lemmy.world)
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Is there a FOSS only repo like Debain's main? I couldn't see anywhere in The official repos if core allows non-free repos.

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[โ€“] E_coli42@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I don't think this requires any maintenance or swapping out alternatives. Just do a quick license check (I'm pretty sure that already part of package metadata) and put a little warning symbol if it is non-Free.

So if I do something like "pacman -Ss browser" it'll put little flags against non-Free options so I know to be extra careful to install them.

[โ€“] bitfucker@programming.dev 2 points 2 weeks ago

Yes, that is called a pacman hook. As you expect, it is easy enough to add. You're welcome to discuss your pull request to the arch maintainer.