Hi Rinigus! On Sat, 1 Jun 2019 at 03:33, rinigus <rinigus....@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > >> El vie., 31 may. 2019 16:19, rinigus <rinigus....@gmail.com> escribió: >>> >>> Hi Dmitry and Lisandro: >>> >>> MapboxGL included into QtLocation is a special branch of that library: >>> https://github.com/mapbox/mapbox-gl-native/tree/qt-staging . Let's keep >>> that in mind during the discussion related to QtLocation, but we can extend >>> it to the master branch as well, if needed. >> >> >> So a special branch. Why that? For me it's just one more reason to keep >> stuff like it is, or ask someone to package mapbox. > > > In my understanding, special branch was made to incorporate it into Qt, see > https://github.com/qt/qtlocation/blob/5.12/.gitmodules > > The corresponding branch should comply with all common Qt requirements, > including the license. > > [...] > >>> Considering the size of mapbox I strongly think it should be packaged >>> separately, with a dedicated maintainer. > > > In this respect, it looks like arguments against packaging Mapbox GL module > of QtLocation are not linked anymore to the license nor inclusion of > third-party code. Instead, it is mainly related to the size of it, right?
My apologies, my wording of my previous mail clearly pushed you to think so. No, as Dmitry clearly stated, it's also about manpower and DFSG. As a user I would also expect the system to be just ready, but from a maintainer point of view it's not that easy.
