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| From: | Ulrich Mueller <ulm@g.o> | ||
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| To: | "Michał Górny" <mgorny@g.o> | ||
| Cc: | gentoo-dev@l.g.o | ||
| Subject: | Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH 2/2] kernel-install.eclass: Warn about linux-firmware in pkg_pretend() | ||
| Date: | Wed, 17 Jun 2020 11:22:52 | ||
| Message-Id: | ueeqegcn0@gentoo.org | ||
| In Reply to: | Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH 2/2] kernel-install.eclass: Warn about linux-firmware in pkg_pretend() by "Michał Górny" |
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| 1 | >>>>> On Wed, 17 Jun 2020, Michał Górny wrote: |
| 2 | |
| 3 | >> Should we really warn about a package that (in its default |
| 4 | >> configuration) can only be installed if the user accepts non-free |
| 5 | >> licenses? |
| 6 | |
| 7 | > That's one of the reasons it's only a warning and not a USE flag. |
| 8 | |
| 9 | Still, "Gentoo will never depend upon a piece of software or metadata |
| 10 | unless it conforms to [a free license]" (Social Contract). |
| 11 | |
| 12 | If you really think that you must have that message, can you at least |
| 13 | downgrade it to einfo or elog? That would still be very visible, given |
| 14 | that it's in the pretend phase where there tends to be little output. |
| 15 | |
| 16 | Ulrich |
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| Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH 2/2] kernel-install.eclass: Warn about linux-firmware in pkg_pretend() | "Michał Górny" <mgorny@g.o> |