[gentoo-project] Re: Re: changing the default of ACCEPT_LICENSE in portage

[Steven J. Long]

hasufell wrote:
> Steven J. Long wrote:
> > hasufell wrote:
> >> The default is currently:
> >>
> >> ACCEPT_LICENSE:"* -@EULA"
> >>
> >> in /usr/share/portage/config/make.globals
> >
> > This is reasonable, but can we have the above old-default commented out in
> > make.conf, above the new setting? That way things are transparent, and users
> > who want to switch to using non-free can do so easily without the EULA stuff
> > being pulled in, aiui it would be if users simply put "*" in there.
>
> Sure.

Thanks; that was my main concern.
 
> Of course we will test that and we will not just make it in silent, so
> people don't get surprised when trying to update their production machines.

Thanks for the reassurance; and for the work you do on this lovely distro :)

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