From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id AD5AD13832E for ; Fri, 5 Aug 2016 17:06:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1B54FE0AB3; Fri, 5 Aug 2016 17:06:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 840B2E0912 for ; Fri, 5 Aug 2016 17:06:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.1.100] (c-98-218-46-55.hsd1.md.comcast.net [98.218.46.55]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: mjo) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 18D49340A03 for ; Fri, 5 Aug 2016 17:06:54 +0000 (UTC) Subject: Re: [gentoo-project] Re: Call for agenda items - Council meeting 2016-08-14 To: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org References: <2e11e445-c25b-b7f2-def1-99aed92308b6@gentoo.org> <20160804162443.GA7048@whubbs1.gaikai.biz> From: Michael Orlitzky Message-ID: <2d04cd6e-8f20-0944-0f3f-cc54bcab3a01@gentoo.org> Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2016 13:06:51 -0400 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.2.0 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Project discussion list X-BeenThere: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org Reply-To: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: c3d15e10-79d2-4e17-b419-e9a8abd8d2b1 X-Archives-Hash: dffddba6ddde1a3310aa0202fedf166c On 08/05/2016 12:22 PM, Michael Palimaka wrote: > On 06/08/16 02:11, Michael Orlitzky wrote: >> I would like to add an exception for metadata changes, too, but honestly >> I don't trust people to use it wisely. I shouldn't have to bug the arch >> teams if I add a second LICENSE and revbump... maybe if this exception >> is worded strongly-enough it could do more good than harm. > > Why would one revbump for a change to LICENSE? > Along with ACCEPT_LICENSE, the LICENSE variable affects which packages can and cannot be installed. You need a new revision so that users who already have the package installed will pick up the change. If the change makes a package violate a user's ACCEPT_LICENSE, they need to know. If you installed something whose EULA says it can hijack your webcam and post naked pictures of you to slashdot, but it incorrectly had LICENSE="GPL-2", wouldn't you want to find out that I corrected it?