On 2015-08-18 10:51, Nathann Cohen wrote:
Since I maintain an optional package that depends on another optional
package that must not be automatically installed because of licence:
Will the automatic installation of dependencies be involve asking the
user if the licence of the dependency is not GPL compatible?
Whatever happens, the spkg-install scripts will still be run. If you
add a (blocking; i.e. ask for a confirmation) warning in this script,
then I'd say that there is no problem.
Well actually, there would a slight problem with *parallel* builds. If
you build packages A and B at the same time and A needs a confirmation,
then the on-screen output will look like
Are you sure you want to install package A (y/N)? Building package B...
output from building package B...
output from building package B...
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