Proposal: move all fetch-restricted ebuilds to extra

[Elizafox]

Along the lines of #1 I propose we should move fetch-restricted ebuilds to extras, with similar reasoning. Fetch restrictions make packages impossible to test.

[mjeveritt]

I wouldn't say impossible to test - more difficult to test in an automated fashion, but still feasible with smart coding.
I think some of these decisions come down to what kind of distribution you want Galapagos to be .. are we aiming for an improvement of Gentoo, a cut-down Gentoo, or what?! Some policy/aims/etc would probably guide us on this.

[Elizafox]

Improved gentoo with emphasis on automated QA and some stuff that makes binary distributions' lives easier, like adelie (but nothing too intrusive).

Automated QA is important to avoid tree rot/bitrot. Gentoo has plenty of this in some of its packages.

Fetch-restricted ebuilds are not always like java; some of them require you pay for something. vmware-workstation is like this.

[CraigInches]

I think an extras repo is a good idea for fetch restricted ebuilds, people have the option if they want a package to install the overlay/repo and get it, and file bugs etc. It just isn't catered for with the Automated QA System, so slower to update/test/etc

[Elizafox]

We already have the extras overlay.

[awilfox]

We would need at least a news item. Also anyone with oracle-jdk-bin installed would have to add the extras repo, or the installed package they have would no longer be valid.

[mjeveritt]

I think we may need to introduce a "no-autotest" flag somewhere then perhaps, as something like java or there are probably others, really should remain part of the 'main tree'.