Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > On Wed, 20 Jun 2007 15:19:46 -0500 > Andrew Gaffney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I'm not sure that's really a feasible solution (but then you probably >> weren't suggesting it with that intention). Being able to create a >> "backup" of any installed package without re-emerging is pretty >> handy. Many people use it and there would be a revolt if quickpkg >> were removed. > > Then live-filesystem-generated packages could be marked as 'not for > redistribution'. >
That's probably a good idea if only because there are certain binaries that we're not allowed to redistribute...things like Firefox with certain USE flags, or freetype with the better hinter. Neither of these can be redistributed in binary form with certain USE flags; Firefox will have to ship without its proper name, and freetype will have to use the sucky -- er, "magically more free" -- hinter. @vapier: Do potential licensing/copyright issues like these factor into your proposal in any way? wolf31o2 mentioned installing several identical boxes simultaneously using the same redistributed binaries, but in the case of these two packages, if they're built with -bindist on the live filesystem, redistributing it as-is isn't allowed.
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