>>>>> On Wed, 01 Jan 2014, Michael Orlitzky wrote:

> As I said in another reply, more license metadata is good and we
> should make it available. But a USE flag that changes the meaning of
> an important global variable is a little hacky, especially if it
> doesn't solve a real problem within Gentoo/Portage.

A srcdist flag wouldn't be that much different from the bindist flag
that we already have, and which is also of a non-technical nature.

> If the problems are theoretical (or aren't Gentoo package management
> problems), maybe it's better to wait and do it right in an EAPI.

As I said, this would leave us with a long transition period. And what
syntax would you propose? Additional license variables? Or Exherbo
style depend syntax? TBH, I don't want to open this can of worms. ;-)

Ulrich