On Fri, Sep 17, 2021 at 10:59:36AM +0200, Vitaly Zaitsev via devel wrote:
> On 16/09/2021 23:31, Miro Hrončok wrote:
> > We could include a meta-package in the default installation, which
> > Recommends the Cisco package on GA but is switched to Requires in a
> > 0-day update.
> 
> We can't require packages from third-party repositories. This is forbidden
> by packaging guidelines.

I'm do not think this applies to the cisco h264 repo. 
We build those packages and sign them and simply have cisco redistribute
them. So, IMHO this is not the same as a 3rd party repo.
A 3rd party is distributing, but we control all the contents.

> Last year I received a lot of negative feedback when asked if I could add a
> weak dependency on package from the RPM Fusion repository.

yes, don't do that definitely. 

kevin

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