Tom Mueller (pkg-discuss) wrote:
> The "updatetool" GUI used for SWI projects (Glassfish, etc.) already 
> does this. The code to fetch the licenses loops the the packageplans in 
> the imageplan, fetches the manifests, gets the license actions, and uses 
> the get_remote_opener on each license action to download the text.
> 
> The client info command also fetches licenses, but it isn't part of the 
> install.

The API should certainly allow the retrieval of all information about 
the package, including licenses.  That I can definitely agree with.

What I meant was that, as far as I am aware, we weren't pursuing 
required, interactive prompting for installation as an option.

> Shawn Walker wrote:
>> Tom Mueller (pkg-discuss) wrote:
>>> 2. One operation required by a GUI is the need to allow the user to 
>>> accept a license.  How would that be done using this API?  Would 
>>> action objects be exposed?  The GUI must be able to download and get 
>>> the text of the license so that it can be shown to the user.
>>
>> I'm fairly certain that is not an option we are pursuing for the CLI, 
>> so it shouldn't be for the GUI either.
>>
> 

-- 
Shawn Walker
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