Re: [gentoo-dev] GLEP 52 - GLEP 23 revisited

[Krzysiek Pawlik <nelchael@gentoo.org>]

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Simon Stelling wrote:
> I would like you to share your comments on the attached GLEP with me.

I like the idea with one exception:

> Licenses that need to be explicitly accepted before installation of a package
> (and only these) should be package.masked by default with a header like
> the following:
> 
> ::
> 
> 	# Simon Stelling <blubb@gentoo.org (20 Sep 2006)
> 	# This license needs to be agreed on explicitly to be considered
> 	# legally binding.
> 	# By unmasking and installing the package you agree with its terms.
> 	txt-licenses/wierd-license

Why not make the ebuild ask for confirmation? Would work with versioned licenses
(for example: txt-licenses/wierd-license-2.1 and
txt-licenses/wierd-license-2.999 - both would require ACK). Breaks portage in a
way it's interactive, but it's already happening in few ebuilds
(eutils.eclass::check_license()).

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Krzysiek Pawlik   <nelchael at gentoo.org>   key id: 0xBC555551
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