(curious, though: does the Fedora project even have an equivalent to universe? I also thought that OBS didn't have security updates just like the AUR doesn't.)

[–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 3 points 22 hours ago

does the Fedora project even have an equivalent to universe?

No because all FOSS software distributed by Fedora is in the main repo.

[–] mech@feddit.org 3 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (1 children)

No, it's the same with every distro.
Distro maintainers CAN'T support repos containing non-free packages with security fixes.
Because they can't fix security issues in the code.
Because the code is not free for them to edit.

This entire criticism just shows a lack of understanding of how distros work, and what security updates are.

[–] Aatube@thriv.social 3 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Ubuntu Universe does not have licensing issues. Ubuntu's nonfree repository is Multiverse. Universe is just the community- as opposed to project-maintained one

[–] mech@feddit.org 3 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Same thing applies.
The AUR doesn't get security updates from Arch,
RPM Fusion doesn't get security updates from Fedora,
Packman doesn't get security updates from OpenSUSE,
and Slackbuilds/Alienbob don't get security updates from Slackware.

[–] Aatube@thriv.social 3 points 18 hours ago

woelk did make a good point that based on submission processes, Fedora Main is basically their equivalent of Ubuntu Universe, though.