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Packages | Any | Freedom Issue | Medium | Low | [java-openjfx] vague terminology "Open Source" in descr... | Deferred | |
Task Description
This package contains vague terminology “Open Source”:
extra/java-openjfx 8.u121-1
Java OpenJFX 8 client application platform (open-source implementation of JavaFX)
According to: https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html
We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Open Source”, please see here: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Open
It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Open Source”.
eg.
Java OpenJFX 8 client application platform (free-software implementation of JavaFX)
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Packages | Any | Freedom Issue | Medium | Low | [java-openjfx-src] vague terminology "Open Source" in d... | Deferred | |
Task Description
This package contains vague terminology “Open Source”:
extra/java-openjfx-src 8.u121-1
Java OpenJFX 8 client application platform (open-source implementation of JavaFX) - sources
According to: https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html
We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Open Source”, please see here: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Open
It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Open Source”.
eg.
Java OpenJFX 8 client application platform (free-software implementation of JavaFX) - sources
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Packages | Any | Freedom Issue | Medium | Low | [java-openjfx-doc] vague terminology "Open Source" in d... | Deferred | |
Task Description
This package contains vague terminology “Open Source”:
extra/java-openjfx-doc 8.u121-1
Java OpenJFX 8 client application platform (open-source implementation of JavaFX) - documentation
According to: https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html
We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Open Source”, please see here: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Open
It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Open Source”.
eg.
Java OpenJFX 8 client application platform (free-software implementation of JavaFX) - documentation
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Packages | Any | Freedom Issue | Medium | Low | [irrlicht] vague terminology "Open Source" in descripti... | Deferred | |
Task Description
This package contains vague terminology “Open Source”:
community/irrlicht 1.8.4-1
An open source high performance realtime 3D graphics engine.
According to: https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html
We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Open Source”, please see here: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Open
It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Open Source”.
eg.
A free software high performance realtime 3D graphics engine.
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Packages | Any | Freedom Issue | Medium | Low | [irrlicht-docs] vague terminology "Open Source" in desc... | Deferred | |
Task Description
This package contains vague terminology “Open Source”:
community/irrlicht-docs 1.8.4-1
An open source high performance realtime 3D graphics engine.
According to: https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html
We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Open Source”, please see here: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Open
It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Open Source”.
eg.
A free software high performance realtime 3D graphics engine.
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Packages | Any | Freedom Issue | Medium | Low | [inn] vague terminology "Open Source" in description of... | Deferred | |
Task Description
This package contains vague terminology “Open Source”:
community/inn 2.6.1-1
Complete open source Usenet system. De facto standard for handling news routing, news spool and serving the spool to customers.
According to: https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html
We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Open Source”, please see here: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Open
It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Open Source”.
eg.
Complete free software Usenet system. De facto standard for handling news routing, news spool and serving the spool to customers.
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Packages | Any | Feature Request | Very Low | Low | [i3lock-color] adding package into pacman | Deferred | |
Task Description
We already have i3lock, this version is an enhanced version available in Arch AUR: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/i3lock-color https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/i3lock-color-git/
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Software Development | HyperTools | Implementation Request | Low | Low | [hypertools] create libretools replacement for Hyperbol... | Deferred | |
Task Description
Create hypertools to replace libretools package for HyperbolaBSD and GNU/Linux
It’s long period to develop this package. For now, a systemd-nspawn wrapper is being developed for “libretools”[0]
[0]:https://issues.hyperbola.info/index.php?do=details&task_id=86
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Packages | Any | Freedom Issue | Medium | Low | [hyperion] vague terminology "Open Source" in descripti... | Deferred | |
Task Description
This package contains vague terminology “Open Source”:
community/hyperion 1.03.2-9
An opensource 'AmbiLight' implementation
According to: https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html
We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Open Source”, please see here: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Open
It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Open Source”.
eg.
A free software 'AmbiLight' implementation
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Packages | Any | Freedom Issue | Medium | Low | [gstreamer] vague terminology "Open Source" in descript... | Deferred | |
Task Description
This package contains vague terminology “Open Source”:
extra/gstreamer 1.12.0-1
GStreamer open-source multimedia framework core library
According to: https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html
We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Open Source”, please see here: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Open
It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Open Source”.
eg.
GStreamer free-software multimedia framework core library
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Packages | Any | Freedom Issue | Medium | Low | [gocr] vague terminology "Open Source" in description o... | Deferred | |
Task Description
This package contains vague terminology “Open Source”:
community/gocr 0.50-2
Open-source character recognition (OCR)
According to: https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html
We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Open Source”, please see here: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Open
It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Open Source”.
eg.
Free-software character recognition (OCR)
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Packages | Any | Freedom Issue | Medium | Low | [goaccess] vague terminology "Open Source" in descripti... | Deferred | |
Task Description
This package contains vague terminology “Open Source”:
community/goaccess 1.2-1
An open source real-time web log analyzer and interactive viewer
According to: https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html
We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Open Source”, please see here: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Open
It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Open Source”.
eg.
A free software real-time web log analyzer and interactive viewer
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Packages | Any | Freedom Issue | Medium | Low | [gmtp] vague terminology "MP3 Player" in description of... | Deferred | |
Task Description
This package contains vague terminology “MP3 Player”:
community/gmtp 1.3.10-2
A simple MP3 player client for MTP based devices
According to: https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html
We shall avoid vague terminology such as “MP3 Player”, please see here: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#MP3Player
It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “MP3 Player”.
eg.
A simple audio player client for MTP based devices
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Packages | Any | Freedom Issue | Medium | Low | [glide] vague terminology "Vendor" in description of pa... | Deferred | |
Task Description
This package contains vague terminology “Vendor”:
community/glide 0.12.3-1
Dependency management and vendoring for Go projects
According to: https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html
We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Vendor”, please see here: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Vendor
It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Vendor”.
eg.
Dependency management and suppliering for Go projects
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Packages | Any | Freedom Issue | Medium | Low | [glfw-x11] vague terminology "Open Source" in descripti... | Deferred | |
Task Description
This package contains vague terminology “Open Source”:
community/glfw-x11 3.2.1-1
A free, open source, portable framework for graphical application development (x11)
According to: https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html
We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Open Source”, please see here: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Open
It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Open Source”.
eg.
A free software, portable framework for graphical application development (x11)
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Packages | Any | Freedom Issue | Medium | Low | [glfw-wayland] vague terminology "Open Source" in descr... | Deferred | |
Task Description
This package contains vague terminology “Open Source”:
community/glfw-wayland 3.2.1-1
A free, open source, portable framework for graphical application development (wayland)
According to: https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html
We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Open Source”, please see here: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Open
It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Open Source”.
eg.
A free software, portable framework for graphical application development (wayland)
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Packages | Any | Freedom Issue | Medium | Low | [gerbv] vague terminology "Open Source" in description ... | Deferred | |
Task Description
This package contains vague terminology “Open Source”:
community/gerbv 2.6.1-4
An open source Gerber file (RS-274X only) viewer
According to: https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html
We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Open Source”, please see here: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Open
It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Open Source”.
eg.
A free software Gerber file (RS-274X only) viewer
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Packages | Stable | Implementation Request | Very Low | Medium | [gcc] Renew to version 8 or 9, including multilib | Deferred | |
Task Description
As even the support for GCC 7 is now ending with the release of version 7.5 (https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2019-11/msg00099.html) I’d like to propose a renewal of the building-stack - which I think is also needed in time. Also a renewal of the glibc would be good at all!
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Packages | Any | Freedom Issue | Medium | Low | [freevo] vague terminology "Open Source" in description... | Deferred | |
Task Description
This package contains vague terminology “Open Source”:
community/freevo 1.9.0-14
An open-source home theatre PC platform
According to: https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html
We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Open Source”, please see here: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Open
It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Open Source”.
eg.
A free-software home theatre PC platform
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Packages | Any | Freedom Issue | Medium | Low | [freehdl] vague terminology "Open Source" in descriptio... | Deferred | |
Task Description
This package contains vague terminology “Open Source”:
community/freehdl 0.0.8-8
An open-source (C++ generating) VHDL simulator
According to: https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html
We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Open Source”, please see here: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Open
It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Open Source”.
eg.
A free-software (C++ generating) VHDL simulator
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Packages | Any | Freedom Issue | Medium | Low | [flightgear] vague terminology "Open Source" in descrip... | Deferred | |
Task Description
This package contains vague terminology “Open Source”:
community/flightgear 2017.1.3-1
An open-source, multi-platform flight simulator
According to: https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html
We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Open Source”, please see here: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Open
It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Open Source”.
eg.
A free-software, multi-platform flight simulator
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Packages | Any | Freedom Issue | Medium | Low | [flightgear-data] vague terminology "Open Source" in de... | Deferred | |
Task Description
This package contains vague terminology “Open Source”:
community/flightgear-data 2017.1.3-1
Base-Data for the opensource flight-simulator.
According to: https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html
We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Open Source”, please see here: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Open
It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Open Source”.
eg.
Base-Data for the free-software flight-simulator.
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Packages | Any | Freedom Issue | Medium | Low | [fcitx-mozc] vague terminology "Open Source" and "Linux... | Deferred | |
Task Description
This package contains vague terminology “Open Source” and “Linux”:
community/fcitx-mozc 2.20.2673.102-2
Fcitx Module of A Japanese Input Method for Chromium OS, Windows, Mac and Linux (the Open Source Edition of Google Japanese Input)
According to: https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html
We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Open Source” and “Linux” as operating system, please see here: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Open https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Linux
It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Open Source” and “Linux” as operating system. Also it should avoid contains nonfree OSs in its description.
eg.
Fcitx Module of A Japanese Input Method for GNU/Linux (the Free Software Edition of Google Japanese Input)
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Packages | Any | Freedom Issue | Medium | Low | [ext3grep]: vague terminology "Content" in description ... | Deferred | |
Task Description
Description:
community/ext3grep 0.10.2-4
A tool to investigate an ext3 file system for deleted content and possibly recover it
Description is vague because of the word “content”. Why not say instead “data”?
See: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Content
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Packages | Any | Freedom Issue | Medium | Low | [dspam] vague terminology "Open Source" in description ... | Deferred | |
Task Description
This package contains vague terminology “Open Source”:
community/dspam 3.10.2-14
A scalable, open-source statistical anti-spam filter
According to: https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html
We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Open Source”, please see here: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Open
It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Open Source”.
eg.
A scalable, free-software statistical anti-spam filter
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Packages | Any | Freedom Issue | Medium | Low | [dsdp] vague terminology "Open Source" in description o... | Deferred | |
Task Description
This package contains vague terminology “Open Source”:
community/dsdp 5.8-1
A free open source implementation of an interior-point method for semidefinite programming
According to: https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html
We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Open Source”, please see here: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Open
It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Open Source”.
eg.
A free software implementation of an interior-point method for semidefinite programming
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Packages | Any | Freedom Issue | Medium | Low | [drupal] vague terminology "Content" in description of ... | Deferred | |
Task Description
This package contains vague terminology “Content”:
community/drupal 8.3.2-1
A PHP-based content management platform
According to: https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html
We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Content”, please see here: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Content
It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Content”.
eg.
A PHP-based web site revision system platform
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Packages | Any | Freedom Issue | Medium | Low | [dokuwiki] vague terminology "Open Source" in descripti... | Deferred | |
Task Description
This package contains vague terminology “Open Source”:
community/dokuwiki 20170219_b-1
Simple to use and highly versatile Open Source wiki software
According to: https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html
We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Open Source”, please see here: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Open
It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Open Source”.
eg.
Simple to use and highly versatile free wiki software
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Packages | Any | Freedom Issue | Medium | Low | [displaycal] vague terminology "Open Source" in descrip... | Deferred | |
Task Description
This package contains vague terminology “Open Source”:
community/displaycal 3.2.4.0-1
Open Source Display Calibration and Characterization powered by Argyll CMS (Formerly known as dispcalGUI)
According to: https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html
We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Open Source”, please see here: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Open
It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Open Source”.
eg.
Free Software Display Calibration and Characterization powered by Argyll CMS (Formerly known as dispcalGUI)
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Packages | Any | Freedom Issue | Medium | Low | [cmake] vague terminology "Open Source" in description ... | Deferred | |
Task Description
This package contains vague terminology “Open Source”:
extra/cmake 3.8.0-1
A cross-platform open-source make system
According to: https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html
We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Open Source”, please see here: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Open
It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Open Source”.
eg.
A cross-platform free-software make system
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Packages | Any | Freedom Issue | Medium | Low | [clamtk] vague terminology "Linux" in description of pa... | Deferred | |
Task Description
This package contains vague terminology “Linux”:
community/clamtk 5.24-1
Easy to use, light-weight, on-demand virus scanner for Linux systems
According to: https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html
We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Linux” as operating system, please see here: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Linux
It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Linux” as operating system.
eg.
Easy to use, light-weight, on-demand virus scanner for GNU/Linux systems
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Packages | Any | Freedom Issue | Medium | Low | [cimg] vague terminology "Open Source" in description o... | Deferred | |
Task Description
This package contains vague terminology “Open Source”:
community/cimg 1.7.1-1
Open-source C++ toolkit for image processing
According to: https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html
We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Open Source”, please see here: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Open
It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Open Source”.
eg.
Free-software C++ toolkit for image processing
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Packages | Any | Freedom Issue | Medium | Low | [bzrtp] vague terminology "Open Source" in description ... | Deferred | |
Task Description
This package contains vague terminology “Open Source”:
community/bzrtp 1.0.5-1
Opensource implementation of ZRTP keys exchange protocol
According to: https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html
We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Open Source”, please see here: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Open
It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Open Source”.
eg.
Free software implementation of ZRTP keys exchange protocol
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Packages | Any | Replace Request | Defer | Critical | [bzr] replace deprecated GNU Bazaar to Brezy | Deferred | |
Task Description
Description:
replace deprecated GNU Bazaar to Brezy for Canis Major
Additional info:
bzr 2.7.0-2
GNU Bazaar will be unmaintained (for now, there are only bug fixes)
GNU Bazaar only supports Python 2.
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Note: It needs a provide: bazaar and brezy
Steps to reproduce:
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Packages | Any | Freedom Issue | Medium | Low | [beignet] vague terminology "Open Source" in descriptio... | Deferred | |
Task Description
This package contains vague terminology “Open Source”:
community/beignet 1.3.1-2
An open source OpenCL implementation for Intel IvyBridge+ iGPUs
According to: https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html
We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Open Source”, please see here: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Open
It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Open Source”.
eg.
A free software OpenCL implementation for Intel IvyBridge+ iGPUs
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Packages | Any | Freedom Issue | Medium | Low | [autoconf-archive]: using vague "freely" term in descr... | Deferred | |
Task Description
community/autoconf-archive 1:2017.03.21-1
A collection of freely re-usable Autoconf macros
See: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#FreelyAvailable
Don’t use “freely available software” as a synonym for “free software.” The terms are not equivalent. Software is “freely available” if anyone can easily get a copy. “Free software” is defined in terms of the freedom of users that have a copy of it. These are answers to different questions.
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Packages | Any | Freedom Issue | Medium | Low | [assimp] vague terminology "Open Source" in description... | Deferred | |
Task Description
This package contains vague terminology “Open Source”:
extra/assimp 3.3.1-1
Portable Open Source library to import various well-known 3D model formats in an uniform manner
According to: https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html
We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Open Source”, please see here: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Open
It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Open Source”.
eg.
Portable Free Software library to import various well-known 3D model formats in an uniform manner
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Packages | Any | Feature Request | Defer | Medium | [aqemu] libertybsd is missing from installation list | Deferred | |
Task Description
aqemu only lists GNU/Linux and GNU/Hurd. Since LibertyBSD is also free it should also be added.
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Packages | Any | Replace Request | Low | Low | [appmenu-qt4] replace with appmenu-qt (qt5) | Deferred | |
Task Description
“appmenu-qt4”[0][2] is a deprecated package (release in 2012)[1] and use qt4 unsupported/non-lts software[3], but “appmenu-qt5” not contains any release source code[2]
$ pacman -Si appmenu-qt4 Repository : community Name : appmenu-qt4 Version : 0.2.6-1 Description : Export Qt4 applications menus over D-Bus Architecture : x86_64 URL : https://launchpad.net/appmenu-qt Licenses : GPL Groups : None Provides : None Depends On : libdbusmenu-qt4 Optional Deps : None Conflicts With : appmenu-qt Replaces : appmenu-qt Download Size : 16.55 KiB Installed Size : 48.00 KiB Packager : Antonio Rojas arojas@archlinux.org Build Date : Tue 28 Feb 2017 05:59:31 AM -03 Validated By : MD5 Sum SHA-256 Sum Signature
[0]:https://launchpad.net/appmenu-qt (qt4) [1]:https://launchpad.net/appmenu-qt/+download [2]:https://launchpad.net/appmenu-qt5 [3]:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qt_5.6_LTS
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Packages | Any | Freedom Issue | Medium | Low | [aiksaurus] vague terminology "Open Source" in descript... | Deferred | |
Task Description
This package contains vague terminology “Open Source”:
extra/aiksaurus 1.2.1-5
A cross-platform, open-source thesaurus
According to: https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html
We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Open Source”, please see here: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Open
It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Open Source”.
eg.
A cross-platform, free-software thesaurus
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Packages | Any | Implementation Request | Very Low | Low | [3proxy] add package since it's useful for tor on ftp p... | Deferred | |
Task Description
Add “3proxy”[0] package
Useful for tor on ftp proxy[1]
[0]:https://github.com/z3APA3A/3proxy [1]:https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/TorifyHOWTO/FTP
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Software Development | General | Implementation Request | Defer | Critical | RISC-V (riscv64) porting + multilib support | Deferred | |
Task Description
The unfortunate reality is that x86 computers come encumbered with built-in low-level backdoors like the Intel Management Engine , as well as nonfree boot firmware. This means that users can’t gain full control over their computers, even if they install a free operating system such as Hyperbola GNU/Linux-libre .
Hyperbola is working hard to fix these issues and getting closer every day, but for the time being, this is why many current Respects Your Freedom (RYF) offerings are refurbished older devices.
For the future of free computing, we need support architectures that do not come with such malware pre-installed, and RISC-V promises to be a great architecture example for low-power computers, laptops and embedded systems, also as ARM architecture replacement.
Devices like this are the future of computing that Respects Your Freedom and for that reason it’s a high priority for Hyperbola port all packages for the RISC-V architecture (riscv64) with multilib support.
NOTE: RISC-V porting is focused only for Hyperbola GNU/Linux-libre .
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Software Development | General | Implementation Request | Very High | Critical | POWER (ppc64le) porting | Deferred | |
Task Description
The unfortunate reality is that x86 computers come encumbered with built-in low-level backdoors like the Intel Management Engine , as well as nonfree boot firmware. This means that users can’t gain full control over their computers, even if they install a free operating system such as Hyperbola GNU/Linux-libre .
Hyperbola is working hard to fix these issues and getting closer every day, but for the time being, this is why many current Respects Your Freedom (RYF) offerings are refurbished older devices.
For the future of free computing, we need support architectures that do not come with such malware pre-installed, and the Power9-based Talos II promises to be a great architecture example for workstations and servers environments where Hyperbola is focused since is a fully free long-term support distribution.
Devices like this are the future of computing that Respects Your Freedom and for that reason it’s a high priority for Hyperbola port all packages for the POWER architecture (power64le).
NOTE: POWER porting is focused only for Hyperbola GNU/Linux-libre .
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Software Development | General | Implementation Request | Very High | Critical | ARM (aarch and armv7h) porting | Deferred | |
Task Description
The unfortunate reality is that x86 computers come encumbered with built-in low-level backdoors like the Intel Management Engine , as well as nonfree boot firmware. This means that users can’t gain full control over their computers, even if they install a free operating system such as Hyperbola GNU/Linux-libre .
Hyperbola is working hard to fix these issues and getting closer every day, but for the time being, this is why many current Respects Your Freedom (RYF) offerings are refurbished older devices.
For the future of free computing, we need support architectures that do not come with such malware pre-installed, and ARM A7/A53 promises to be a great architecture example for low-power computers, laptops and embedded systems.
NOTE: ARM porting is focused only for HyperbolaBSD .
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