>>>>> 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
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