> You can't blame the users for using the field. The presence of the
> 'license' field in PKBUILD.proto from abs suggests it has to be filled
> in. It totally makes no sense to have this field if you're not supposed
> to fill it in.
>
> And therefore I consistently started using in license="GPL" in most of
> my PKGBUILDS. Nowhere did it say I was doing something against 'the
> rules'.
>
> As a user I've yet to see any form of packaging guidelines. If you want
> users to follow this stuff, start making it easy for them...
>
> Best regards,
>
>
> Hugo
>
Hey Hugo and the gang;
There are other examples of fields that may or may not be filed in.
One such example is "backup". There are others as well.
And there are docs on or linked via the arch web site that discuss field
usage.
Further there is a man page that comes with pacman that also discuss field
usage. Here is some copied output from the makepkg man page:
license
Sets the license type (eg, "GPL", "BSD", "NON-
FREE"). (Note: This option is still in develop-
ment and may change in the future)
Very best regards;
Bob Finch
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