From 4e3952a9585cb96e019d0e1841dfdcf8fc707ff0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: projectmoon Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2023 15:59:30 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] News item about fallback URIs --- .../2023-03-29-linux-libre-fallback-urls.en.txt | 13 +++++++++++++ .../2023-03-29-linux-libre-fallback-urls.txt | 13 +++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+) create mode 100644 metadata/news/2023-03-29-linux-libre-fallback-urls/2023-03-29-linux-libre-fallback-urls.en.txt create mode 100644 metadata/news/2023-03-29-linux-libre-fallback-urls/2023-03-29-linux-libre-fallback-urls.txt diff --git a/metadata/news/2023-03-29-linux-libre-fallback-urls/2023-03-29-linux-libre-fallback-urls.en.txt b/metadata/news/2023-03-29-linux-libre-fallback-urls/2023-03-29-linux-libre-fallback-urls.en.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1135d84 --- /dev/null +++ b/metadata/news/2023-03-29-linux-libre-fallback-urls/2023-03-29-linux-libre-fallback-urls.en.txt @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +Title: Libre Kernel Gentoo USE Flag and Fixes +Author: projectmoon +Posted: 2023-03-29 +Revision: 1 +News-Item-Format: 2.0 + +The libre-kernel ebuilds now have the main Linux-libre release URLs as +fallback SRC_URIs, in case the mirror hosting the files is down. The +mirrors exist because sometimes the Linux-libre project removes releases +if they discover that the release violates the Free Software +Distribution guidelines. While good for freedom purity, this can make +upgrades difficult. Thus, the files are mirrored on an external for the +libre-kernel ebuilds. diff --git a/metadata/news/2023-03-29-linux-libre-fallback-urls/2023-03-29-linux-libre-fallback-urls.txt b/metadata/news/2023-03-29-linux-libre-fallback-urls/2023-03-29-linux-libre-fallback-urls.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1135d84 --- /dev/null +++ b/metadata/news/2023-03-29-linux-libre-fallback-urls/2023-03-29-linux-libre-fallback-urls.txt @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +Title: Libre Kernel Gentoo USE Flag and Fixes +Author: projectmoon +Posted: 2023-03-29 +Revision: 1 +News-Item-Format: 2.0 + +The libre-kernel ebuilds now have the main Linux-libre release URLs as +fallback SRC_URIs, in case the mirror hosting the files is down. The +mirrors exist because sometimes the Linux-libre project removes releases +if they discover that the release violates the Free Software +Distribution guidelines. While good for freedom purity, this can make +upgrades difficult. Thus, the files are mirrored on an external for the +libre-kernel ebuilds.