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Michael Orlitzky schrieb: |
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> Along with ACCEPT_LICENSE, the LICENSE variable affects which packages |
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> can and cannot be installed. You need a new revision so that users who |
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> already have the package installed will pick up the change. If the |
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> change makes a package violate a user's ACCEPT_LICENSE, they need to know. |
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I disagree. ACCEPT_LICENSE does not change the files which the ebuild |
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installs on the user's filesystem, nor does it interfere with subslot |
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dependency calculations like EAPI changes do. Therefore a new revision |
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is not needed. |
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> If you installed something whose EULA says it can hijack your webcam and |
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> post naked pictures of you to slashdot, but it incorrectly had |
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> LICENSE="GPL-2", wouldn't you want to find out that I corrected it? |
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That is the package manager's task. I do get reminded if a package which |
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I have installed is now masked by package.mask, maybe something like |
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this would work for licenses too. |
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Best regards, |
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Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn |