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On Sun, Feb 13, 2022 at 11:21:24AM +0100, Ulrich Mueller wrote: |
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> >>>>> On Sun, 13 Feb 2022, Robin H Johnson wrote: |
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> > "just repackage it" |
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> > - Is that in line with the licenses of ALL of distfiles? |
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> Do I understand this correctly: Some Go packages are non-free, and their |
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> license doesn't even allow distributing them alongside other packages? |
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> That's scary. |
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Some Go packages [1] can have non-free parts that get compiled into |
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final binaries (yes, making the binpkg RESTRICT=bindist at least). |
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e.g. Consul & Vault's enterprise options: behind full EULA & paywall, |
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and conditionally included (the source isn't available to most customers |
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either, but does exist). |
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These would fit the case of packages with licenses that restrict source |
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distribution. |
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[1] none in the main Gentoo repo so far, to my knowledge. |
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> > - If the combined gentoo-specific distfile is 100MB per $PV, you're |
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> > now forcing 100MB of new downloads for each version. |
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> But this is how it works for every other package. If upstream makes a |
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> one-line bug fix and cuts a new release, then the distfile needs to be |
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> refetched, no matter how large it is. |
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And as the distfile gets larger, upstreams themselves to split the |
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distfile or distribute patches instead of new distfiles. |
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Robin Hugh Johnson |
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Gentoo Linux: Dev, Infra Lead, Foundation Treasurer |
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E-Mail : robbat2@g.o |
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