On Jul 25, 07 15:40:26 +0200, Petr Cerny wrote:
> Juergen Weigert wrote:
> > Due to the symlink, the package has now one more dependency.
> > It is simply an incomplete package, unless licenses.rpm is also installed.
> > If the FSF insists on having a copy in each RPM, we can simply stop doing
> > symlinks for GPL, and still have saved a tree with all the other licenses
> > symlinked.
>
> As GPL is (by guess) in most of our packages, it wouldn't make sense to
> create license-package without GPL in it.
Besides saving space on distribuition media,
the license package serves another goal:
It establishes /usr/share/doc/licenses as a central point for license
files. This goal could also be achieved by other means. Open to
suggestions.
cheers,
Jw.
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