On Thu, Jul 12, 2007 at 12:43:48PM -0400, Paul Mattal wrote:
Jürgen Hötzel wrote:
Featuritis. Another pacman feature, that should not be part of a simple lightweight package manager.
License issues do need to be handled somewhere. I think we've already chosen to handle them in pacman, by putting all that information into packages.
Having license meta-information in packages is fine. And it would also be fine to not only search for package description/name but also package license. This would allow users to search for all pdf packages distributed under GPL using "pacman -Ss" But who needs a child proof for free software devotees, like in this scenario: "I have to install a viewer for this proprietary PDF files. Lets try Adobes Acrobat Reader" # pacman -S acroread do :: you agree to accept Adobes Non Free Software License [Y/N] User: "WTF! Adobe did not release Adobes Acrobat Reader as GPL? Thank god pacman saved me from installing non-free software". Jürgen