Johannes Meixner wrote: > Hello, > > On Jul 30 17:26 Juergen Weigert wrote (shortened): >> The point in having /usr/share/doc/licenses is that this establishes >> one single location where all licenses used in a product are visible. > > Might this cause confusion for some users when they find out > that they have many special licenses installed but not the > software which belongs to those special licenses?
I agree. Moreover I have to say, I'm confused: who should profit from the licenses.rpm packgage? If this is intended for users it's IMHO superfluous: to find what license has some package, users will either use 'rpm -qi' (or equivalent) or go to /usr/share/doc/packages/<pkg>. If this is because of us as distributors, I really don't see any significant advantages (if size question is insignificant). In any case, licenses for not installed products are confusing and I regard the obligation to install such package a bloat. > I.e. what about "my installed licenses" versus "all licenses > which are somewhere used by whatever software in the product"? > > (Yes, I know, the obvious technical solution is to check > to which installed license a symlink points ;-) Isn't it the same effort as scanning /usr/share/doc/packages for license files (rather than for symlinks pointing to /usr/share/doc/licenses)? Best regards Petr Cerny --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]