From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 49129138A8A for ; Sat, 16 Feb 2013 16:28:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 29444E0512; Sat, 16 Feb 2013 16:28:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 32111E0504 for ; Sat, 16 Feb 2013 16:28:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ia0-f179.google.com (mail-ia0-f179.google.com [209.85.210.179]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: floppym) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4166333DA3E for ; Sat, 16 Feb 2013 16:28:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ia0-f179.google.com with SMTP id x24so4100581iak.38 for ; Sat, 16 Feb 2013 08:28:11 -0800 (PST) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.50.187.169 with SMTP id ft9mr4144596igc.25.1361032091500; Sat, 16 Feb 2013 08:28:11 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.64.102.66 with HTTP; Sat, 16 Feb 2013 08:28:11 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20767.45115.475442.88781@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de> References: <1361020086.1920.51.camel@belkin4> <511F8D2E.1080006@flameeyes.eu> <20130216135918.9383.qmail@stuge.se> <511F935A.4070307@flameeyes.eu> <20767.41209.642994.731090@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de> <511FA249.10208@gentoo.org> <20767.45115.475442.88781@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de> Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2013 11:28:11 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Packages up for grabs due lack of time From: Mike Gilbert To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Archives-Salt: 158acb58-6c21-42fb-b173-307d82ac74e6 X-Archives-Hash: f88a299d1703013fbefba2bb527ee395 On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 11:13 AM, Ulrich Mueller wrote: >>>>>> On Sat, 16 Feb 2013, Rick \"Zero Chaos\" Farina wrote: > >>> Huh? Savedconfig isn't a solution for the license issue. > >> If he doesn't agree to the license he can use savedconfig to not >> install those firmware packages. > > Yes, but ACCEPT_LICENSE wouldn't work. It would still be necessary to > include all licenses, even for firmware packages that are not > installed. > I'm sure I'm not the only one who really doesn't care about having ACCEPT_LICENSE work properly for a package full of binary blobs. It seems like a rather insignificant reason to split the package up. If some of the licenses involved are particularly offensive to a large number of people, then it might be worth while to split those particular files out.