Subject: bug#16250: Feature request: package license information and home page

From: Dave Abrahams <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 25 Dec 2013 21:59:21 -0800

Sent from my moss-covered three-handled family gradunza

On Dec 25, 2013, at 8:56 AM, Stefan Monnier <[email-masked]> 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.