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   unruh to David W. Hodgins   
   Re: Mandriva SA to transfer distro to an   
   20 May 12 15:09:53   
   
   From: unruh@invalid.ca   
      
   How does one get say chrony into the distribution (far better than ntpd   
   for timekeeping)   
      
      
      
   And why does Mageia list nonfree and tainted as "ignore" in the setup of   
   urpmi?   
      
      
   On 2012-05-20, David W. Hodgins  wrote:   
   > On Sat, 19 May 2012 17:07:28 -0400, unruh  wrote:   
   >   
   >> In fact, what is the equivalent of contrib under Mageia?   
   >   
   > In Mageia, Core contains what would be in either Main or Contrib   
   > in Mandriva.   
   >   
   > Nonfree contains what would be on Non-free In Mandriva.   
   >   
   > Tainted contains what would be in PLF Free.   
   >   
   > Only PLF Non-free is not available in Mageia, as the council   
   > members have decided not to allow them.   
   >   
   > There were discussions, and if they do decide to include them   
   > in the future, the probable name of that repository will be   
   > twisted.   
   >   
   > Regards, Dave Hodgins   
   >   
      
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