From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.7 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_INVALID, DKIM_SIGNED,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 356641F55B for ; Fri, 15 May 2020 23:17:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([::1]:47000 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jZjaV-0000ia-AJ for normalperson@yhbt.net; Fri, 15 May 2020 19:17:55 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:58038) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jZjaM-0000iE-Qc for bug-gnulib@gnu.org; Fri, 15 May 2020 19:17:46 -0400 Received: from mo6-p00-ob.smtp.rzone.de ([2a01:238:20a:202:5300::10]:18794) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jZjaK-0005hQ-L1 for bug-gnulib@gnu.org; Fri, 15 May 2020 19:17:46 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; t=1589584662; s=strato-dkim-0002; d=clisp.org; h=References:In-Reply-To:Message-ID:Date:Subject:Cc:To:From: X-RZG-CLASS-ID:X-RZG-AUTH:From:Subject:Sender; bh=Efjc1aNvsQ1YoSZLWJAJjIsp1Vok6z0J5dU4CrcQIVw=; b=HXJIiTdllQDGGuZsHpzJDu0kY5sRm1lvmxGKFJpSqjsCLXAJiFMOzUhwW48sOhrQ4x n7Iy0YHvKOqJfTb8L+W8TMB5WjGA7NVIjvTc6iR9y1jyOb3SoxDnq87E6iF267MO/DtS 0cIozwSNLIJmtW6BLRwUSZvoA6sHeYY2V28z2UqqQMH/nWl5u94feQE3aIgqfmDQJocv Xg6O8eK7EkW3ZDag5SyzmIGjEpvWH7E4cuv33LDgU92Azp7Z/135tPPrJMUxwFPB3vQQ 7ZWEg0DcHX8BeFOzv/VURg6COJntOLg17Izi3DpABki57z62NwaQAfxEH65DpjKd0PkM dQJw== X-RZG-AUTH: ":Ln4Re0+Ic/6oZXR1YgKryK8brlshOcZlIWs+iCP5vnk6shH+AHjwLuWOH6fzxfs=" X-RZG-CLASS-ID: mo00 Received: from bruno.haible.de by smtp.strato.de (RZmta 46.6.2 DYNA|AUTH) with ESMTPSA id j093d3w4FNHfuOh (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (curve X9_62_prime256v1 with 256 ECDH bits, eq. 3072 bits RSA)) (Client did not present a certificate); Sat, 16 May 2020 01:17:41 +0200 (CEST) From: Bruno Haible To: bug-gnulib@gnu.org Subject: Re: Remove license modules Date: Sat, 16 May 2020 01:17:40 +0200 Message-ID: <3987483.8Pq7tfHfNr@omega> User-Agent: KMail/5.1.3 (Linux/4.4.0-177-generic; KDE/5.18.0; x86_64; ; ) In-Reply-To: <873685hwin.fsf@posteo.net> References: <873685hwin.fsf@posteo.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Received-SPF: none client-ip=2a01:238:20a:202:5300::10; envelope-from=bruno@clisp.org; helo=mo6-p00-ob.smtp.rzone.de X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: No matching host in p0f cache. That's all we know. X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, URIBL_BLOCKED=0.001 autolearn=_AUTOLEARN X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: bug-gnulib@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Gnulib discussion list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: Asher Gordon Errors-To: bug-gnulib-bounces+normalperson=yhbt.net@gnu.org Sender: "bug-gnulib" Hi, Asher Gordon wrote: > Since Savannah requires licenses to be under version control (see > here=B9), I don't think it makes sense for Gnulib to provide modules for > them. My reasoning is that if developers are going to use a Gnulib > module, they won't keep the files it provides under version control (in > fact, gnulib-tool itself adds these files to .gitignore). There's no > reason to remove the license *files*, since it could be useful for > developers to copy them directly. > ... > Footnotes:=20 > =B9 https://savannah.nongnu.org/task/?func=3Ddetailitem&item_id=3D15583 At the moment you sent the mail, the discussion in that ticket was still ongoing. Now it has completed, and it turned out you were confusing the license texts in text format (which ought to be added to VCS directly) and the license texts in Texinfo format (for which gnulib modules are appropriate). Bruno