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> [email protected]> On Behalf Of Chen Qi via
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> Sent: den 14 augusti 2024 17:02
> To: Trevor Gamblin <[email protected]>; openembedded-
> [email protected]; Khem Raj <[email protected]>
> Cc: [email protected]; [email protected]; Khem Raj
> <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [OE-core][PATCH v2] python3: skip readline limited history
> tests
> 
> How about using INCOMPITABLE_LICENSE to determine the default
> PACAKGECONFIG, so that the default is readline? Maybe this would be part

No. In modern configurations, INCOMPITABLE_LICENSE should only be set for 
image recipes to allow, e.g., GPL-3.0 code to be used in one image, but not 
another.

> of the new meta-gplv2 replacement work (@Khem Raj). I'm not very sure
> about it, though. As far as I can see, very few people care about this
> GPLv3 problem. The evidence is that meta-gplv2 is NOT supported for a long

Note that readline is GPL-3.0, not LGPL-3.0, which means linking with it 
directly impacts the licensing of the entire application.

And while I cannot speak for others, (L)GPL-3.0 are problematic and should be 
avoided if possible, and be optional otherwise. Which is exactly what Ross 
did when he changed the default from readline to editline in the python3 
recipe. Going back on that is definitely the wrong thing to do.

> time and nobody ever devotes any real effort to develop an alternative.
> 
> I guess when the commit was made, the underlying API incompatibility was
> NOT made clear.

If the test fails when python3 is configured to use editline, then I would 
say that it is the test that is wrong and should be corrected.

> 
> I'm OK with any choice, as long as clear statements are there to tell
> people why, though I prefer to use readline as the default, as it would
> provide better user experience.
> 
> Regards,
> Qi

//Peter

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