On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 1:07 PM, Robert Schweikert <rjsch...@suse.com> wrote: > On 07/06/2012 12:54 PM, Kevin Kluge wrote: >> >> I understood GCC to have a AL 2.0 license and to be used by the UI, as >> described in [1]. So it should at least be acceptable per license. I >> don't see why it has to be kept in the source tree but a removal of it >> should also include build changes to download a known-stable version for use >> in the build, > > > Downloading things during build will not work in all cases, thus a "download > something to build the stack" is not a good option. > > Things in the source tree should be either in source format or describable > as an dependency. If a "download it automatically" feature is needed for > developer convenience then it should be an explicit feature that can be > enabled. > > I am thinking here primarily of package build systems such as OBS (Open > Build Service) that do not provide network access when packages are being > built.
If it's a dependency, can we just move it to the deps directory? Fedora's build systems are the same way. Moreover, while we can have a system that downloads prohibited dependencies, it must be a non-default option. http://www.apache.org/legal/3party.html#options
