swedebugia <swedebu...@riseup.net> writes: > Hi. > I had the idea of integrating guix more with GNU when it comes to packages > with freedom issues. > > The idea is to add to guix a way to inform the user that the package they > just searched for is not included in guix because of freedom issues. > > The idea is that when we refuse a package to be included we add it with a > short reason to this list. > > Something like this > (issues > (package odoo > (reason "trapping users by withholding update scripts, see > gnu.org/link.to.article" > (alternatives '(dolibarr tryton smbledger ledger hledger gnucash))) > > This makes it clear to the user that they can scratch the itch and fix the > problems by contacting upstream, fork or whatever or choose a better > alternative. > > What do you think? > -- > Sent from my k-9 mail for Android.
I like this as well. We could then make lists of alternatives, so they could be resusable in similar contexts. The thing is this seems quite a bit of work, but I think it's in the right direction. Maybe reuse some catalogs of "non-freedom respecting" software is doable.
