Are there any downsides to placing readline in /usr/sfw until the GPL guidelines are ironed out? -ps
Dermot McCluskey wrote: > Prashant Srinivasan wrote: >> Hello, >> >> Is there a planned time line for inclusion of GNU readline into Nevada? > > It's held up while we draw up new guidelines for GPL > software, specifically whether we can install GPL > libraries in the default locations. > > I'd like to think it will be resolved soon, but I cannot > make any commitments on when it will be integrated. > > If your app is also GPL, you can statically link readline > - that's what projects (eg libvirt) had to do. But it's > not ideal for multiple apps to be doing this. > > afaik, the BSD alternative implementation of readline > is not 100% compatible, so you may need to re-code > slightly if you use it. > > > - Dermot >
