On Wed, 17 Oct 2007, Brian Cameron wrote:
> I recommend that we do the following: > > 1) Move all modules that contain IP into a subdirectory, I propose > "spec-files-ugly" or perhaps just "ugly" Sounds OK to me, although again, "encumbered" might be less ambiguous. > > > 3) Update pkgtool so that you need to pass in an argument called > --with-spec-files-ugly in order to build ugly modules. If the > user tries to build one without this argument, I'd say pkgtool > should tell people to read the README. > > This way people have to make a conscious decision to build > such modules, without making things too difficult. We should have a more generic mechanism for selecting subtrees so pkgtool doesn't have real knowledge about the directory structure. > I also probably missed a few, so I think we will need to continue to > make an effort to make sure that any code that contains IP is clearly > highlighted. If people are aware of any other modules that should be > included in this list, please let us know. > SFEamrnb I'm also adding SFEgnome-media-extras as a combination of gst-plugins-bad and -ugly in a moment, which depends on a whole bunch of encumbered code. -Albert
