You can email me to add an exception to the mirroring process to not mirror this port. All I need is the name of the port. You should email me before committing the portfile.
-Bill On Feb 2, 2012, at 6:27 AM, Andrea D'Amore <[email protected]> wrote: > Due to recent discussion on Virtualbox [1] I replaced my binary with > Macports provided application, in doing so I needed the VirtualBox > Extpack for handling USB 2.0 in host OS. > I'd like to add a port for this extension, say virtualbox-extpack, > depending on virtualbox port. Checking the license [2] and relative > FAQ I see point 7. at [3] > > "Can I redistribute the VirtualBox binaries? > No. The Personal Use and Evaluation License allows you to download the > VirtualBox binaries for personal and academic use and for evaluation, > but it does not give you the right to redistribute these binaries." > > Since the extpack come as binary this means that it cannot be mirrored > on Macports distfiles folder and its mirrors. > > I never digged into the mirroring thing, is a distfile mirrored > automatically or by hand? > Can portfile specify some keyword against this? > > > -- > Andrea > > [1] > http://lists.macosforge.org/pipermail/macports-users/2012-January/027181.html > [2] https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/VirtualBox_PUEL > [3] https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Licensing_FAQ > _______________________________________________ > macports-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macports-dev _______________________________________________ macports-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macports-dev
