Re: Providing an easy additional way of avoiding uploading non-redistributable packages

[Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%bec.de@localhost>]

On Fri, May 22, 2020 at 08:57:48PM +0000, coypu%sdf.org@localhost wrote:
> On Thu, May 21, 2020 at 12:40:27PM -0400, Greg Troxel wrote:
> > coypu%sdf.org@localhost writes:
> > 
> > > I'm tempted to use
> > > SKIP_LICENSE_CHECK=redistributable
> > >
> > > It wins on "user friendliness", but possibly looks a bit ugly make-wise,
> > > to have the tunable appear in two disconnected phases.
> > 
> > Fine with me.
> 
> Patch for this attached (went with 'distributable', does that mean
> something else? ...)
> 
> Using PKG_SKIP_REASON instead of FAIL.

I still maintain that this is wrong. It solves a problem that only exist
by not using the tools that already exist. It also has side effects that
are not desirable for a bulk build.

Joerg