Add a section on license names to the MacPorts guide?

Ryan Schmidt ryandesign at macports.org
Mon Apr 23 21:25:12 UTC 2018


On Apr 23, 2018, at 16:21, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
> On Mon, 23 Apr 2018 15:24:20 -0500 Ryan Schmidt wrote:
>> On Apr 23, 2018, at 14:19, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
>> 
>>> I'm thinking of adding the following to the MacPorts guide
>>> because we often have problems with people picking invalid
>>> license names in Portfile submissions.
>>> 
>>> That said, I'm not sure this is the best text for it. Thoughts?  
>> 
>> I don't want yet another copy of the list of valid licenses, to
>> become out of sync with the others. We already have them on a wiki
>> page.
> 
> I had no idea. What's the URL? I could change this to just point at
> that Wiki.

I was thinking of:

https://trac.macports.org/wiki/PortfileRecipes#license

and:

https://trac.macports.org/wiki/PortfileRecipes#licensekeyword

I'm in favor of moving documentation from the wiki, which I consider a temporary staging/play area, to the more permanent and refined Guide.



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