RE: proprietary default options [was Re: disabling unsupported options]

[Tim Larson <Tim.Larson%proxibid.com@localhost>]

> I don't think we have a policy written down about it. I have no
> objection. Please do it. Let's add a sentence to the guide. And
> disable any plugins causing distribution problems. And let's only set
> NO_BIN_ON_CDROM, NO_BIN_ON_FTP, and NO_SRC_ON_FTP as needed.

Very reasonable. Should be mentioned in the Pkgsrc Guide though. If any of these are standard options, maybe they could be marked in mk/defaults/options.description with a "*P" or something.

Tim
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