On 2007-07-31 13:35:59 +0200, Petr Cerny wrote:
> Johannes Meixner wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > On Jul 30 17:26 Juergen Weigert wrote (shortened):
> >> The point in having /usr/share/doc/licenses is that this establishes
> >> one single location where all licenses used in a product are visible.
> >
> > Might this cause confusion for some users when they find out
> > that they have many special licenses installed but not the
> > software which belongs to those special licenses?
>
> I agree. Moreover I have to say, I'm confused: who should profit from
> the licenses.rpm packgage? If this is intended for users it's IMHO
> superfluous: to find what license has some package, users will either
> use 'rpm -qi' (or equivalent) or go to /usr/share/doc/packages/<pkg>. If
> this is because of us as distributors, I really don't see any
> significant advantages (if size question is insignificant).
>
> In any case, licenses for not installed products are confusing and I
> regard the obligation to install such package a bloat.
it is less bloat than having the same file multiple times on the system.
this package is not about "having all licenses" installed. it is about
having a way to save space _and_ still have the license file available
for symlinking.
i dont see an issue of having a documentation packaging around that
carries all used licenses. as a comparison: should an RFC package only
install the files, which contain infos about my installed services?
i dont think so.
> > I.e. what about "my installed licenses" versus "all licenses
> > which are somewhere used by whatever software in the product"?
> >
> > (Yes, I know, the obvious technical solution is to check
> > to which installed license a symlink points ;-)
>
> Isn't it the same effort as scanning /usr/share/doc/packages for license
> files (rather than for symlinks pointing to /usr/share/doc/licenses)?
this is all about saving space. so a symlink will definitely help us.
darix
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