[Buildroot] [PATCH v2] package/exiv2: cleanup options and licenses
Thomas Petazzoni
thomas.petazzoni at bootlin.com
Mon May 27 07:06:33 UTC 2019
Hello,
On Sun, 26 May 2019 23:50:15 +0200
Arnout Vandecappelle <arnout at mind.be> wrote:
> > And if there's a reason for it, why is it done as part of the patch
> > dropping the _COMMERCIAL option ?
>
> This was discussed in v1 of the patch (and indeed should have been part of the
> commit log).
>
> The BR2_PACKAGE_EXIV2_LENSDATA option only existed as a separate option because
> of hte license concerns (incompatibility with the commercial license). Since
> these concerns have gone away, and the license database is only 80KB, remove
> this option as well.
>
> It could have been done in a separate patch, but since anyway the help text
> would have to change in this patch, I think it's not worth splitting off.
Thanks for the additional explanation. It should have been part of the
commit log indeed.
What do we do now? Nicolas, do you submit a v3 with an improved commit
log? Do we resurrect v2 from patchwork, and adjust the commit log when
applying?
Thomas
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