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Mike Frysinger wrote: |
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> This is your monthly friendly reminder ! Same bat time (typically |
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> the 2nd Thursday at 2000 UTC / 1600 EST), same bat channel |
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> (#gentoo-council @ irc.freenode.net) ! |
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> |
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> If you have something you'd wish for us to chat about, maybe even |
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> vote on, let us know ! Simply reply to this e-mail for the whole |
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> Gentoo dev list to see. |
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Following Richard recommandation [1] I propose to vote for default |
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ACCEPT_LICENSE value sets to: |
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ACCEPT_LICENSE="* -@EULA" |
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with @EULA a license group including every licenses considered as EULA |
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which means needing approval by user. This is including most commercial |
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licenses. At least, every packages using check_license() from |
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eutils.eclass should have their license add in @EULA group license. |
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Why this default value ? |
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My initial post [2] mentioned 3 values. I choose the one I described the |
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worst because of issues reported. Indeed, Richard [3] reported he didn't |
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want to have a too restrictive value. This one is the less restrictive |
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we can have. |
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In addition, Ciaran McCreesh reported an issue with badly licensed |
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ebuilds like most X packages [4]. This issue was a blocker for a too |
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restrictive default value. With the proposed value, bad licensed |
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packages will not be blocked. At least, by default. |
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Setting this default value as soon as possible is the best compromise. |
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It will put this feature in portage and let people use it. Packages |
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needing user approval will be blocked and then fix bug 152593 [5]. In |
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addition, users setting ACCEPT_LICENSE to a more restrictive value will |
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help to catch bad licensed ebuilds by filing bugs. Finally, it is |
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removing a reason for interactiveness (via check_license()) into ebuilds. |
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This could be a first step for a new default value in the future (when |
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all licenses will be fixed). |
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So, may the council vote on this default value for ACCEPT_LICENSE ? |
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[1] can't find something in gmame nor in archives.g.o, you should add |
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the year after the "reminder for $month" ;) |
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[2] |
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http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-dev/msg_d5c1e7285399ebc27a74bdd02cb4d037.xml |
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[3] |
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http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-dev/msg_f391139d825eb793cf0694add4f39d93.xml |
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[4] |
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http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-dev/msg_d5c1e7285399ebc27a74bdd02cb4d037.xml |
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[5] https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=152593 |
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Thanks, |
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Mounir |
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