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On 30/12/12 15:01, Alexis Ballier wrote:
> Maybe you could suggest a nice beforehand UI for REQUIRED_USE
> constraints.
I think this is orthogonal to the discussion. If ffmpeg had a local
description of bindist,
# equery u ffmpeg
would output an explanation -- and I believe this is the most common
way to check USE-flags on beforehand.
>> If you happen to have the constraints satisfied for some reason,
>> you will never even get an error.
>
> Meaning you can redistribute the binary.
Yes, but you will never be made aware of the issue.
>> Furthermore, just *why* is the constraint there? Patent
>> infringement? Licence incompatibility?
>
> Because you can't redistribute the binary if the constraint is not
> satisfied :)
Yes, but why not? What is it with this constraint that makes it
inherently not re-distributable unless it is satisfied?
> bindist does absolutely nothing by itself there. do you really want
> a description like "Enforces license compatibility constraints" ?
That would satisfy the *what* of a local bindist. If you are able to
satisfy the *why* as well, that would be nice.
- --
Alexander
alexan...@plaimi.net
http://plaimi.net/~alexander
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