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>>>>> On Wed, 01 Jan 2014, Michael Orlitzky wrote: |
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> As I said in another reply, more license metadata is good and we |
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> should make it available. But a USE flag that changes the meaning of |
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> an important global variable is a little hacky, especially if it |
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> doesn't solve a real problem within Gentoo/Portage. |
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A srcdist flag wouldn't be that much different from the bindist flag |
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that we already have, and which is also of a non-technical nature. |
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> If the problems are theoretical (or aren't Gentoo package management |
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> problems), maybe it's better to wait and do it right in an EAPI. |
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As I said, this would leave us with a long transition period. And what |
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syntax would you propose? Additional license variables? Or Exherbo |
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style depend syntax? TBH, I don't want to open this can of worms. ;-) |
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Ulrich |
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