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From: Dave Abrahams <dave@boostpro.com>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier@IRO.UMontreal.CA>
Cc: "16250@debbugs.gnu.org" <16250@debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: bug#16250: Feature request: package license information and home page
Date: Wed, 25 Dec 2013 21:59:21 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <807FC4F8-D5FC-4304-BB1C-396177CE4B7F@boostpro.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwvwqisyiod.fsf-monnier+emacsbugs@gnu.org>



Sent from my moss-covered three-handled family gradunza

On Dec 25, 2013, at 8:56 AM, Stefan Monnier <monnier@IRO.UMontreal.CA> wrote:

>> There should be an easy way to find out the license information and
> 
> Why?

Some people (like me) are picky about the license terms of software that they download, especially in source form. 

>> other metadata about a package before installing it.
> 
> Which other metadata?

For example, a package's home page, author, maybe date of last update, etc. 




  reply	other threads:[~2013-12-26  5:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-12-25  5:09 bug#16250: Feature request: package license information and home page Dave Abrahams
2013-12-25 16:56 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-12-26  5:59   ` Dave Abrahams [this message]
2013-12-26 12:46     ` Stefan Monnier
2013-12-27 18:23       ` Dave Abrahams
2013-12-27 21:44         ` Stefan Monnier
2019-07-14 16:12 ` Stefan Kangas

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