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[PATCH] guix: lint: Honor 'no-archival?' package property.

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Message #59 received at 71697 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>
To: Dale Mellor <guix-devel-0brg6a <at> rdmp.org>
Cc: Josselin Poiret <dev <at> jpoiret.xyz>,
 Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com>, Mathieu Othacehe <othacehe <at> gnu.org>,
 Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>,
 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me <at> tobias.gr>,
 Florian Pelz <pelzflorian <at> pelzflorian.de>, Greg Hogan <code <at> greghogan.com>,
 Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>, 71697 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 Christopher Baines <guix <at> cbaines.net>, Matthew Trzcinski <matt <at> excalamus.com>
Subject: Re: [bug#71697] [PATCH v3 2/2] scripts: lint: Honor package
 property to exclude checkers.
Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2024 21:39:23 -0400

Hi Dale,

Dale Mellor <guix-devel-0brg6a <at> rdmp.org> writes:

> On Mon, 2024-07-01 at 16:44 -0400, Maxim Cournoyer wrote:
>> 
>> OK. From my understanding, the code is not transferred; only an archival
>> request to the project URL is submitted to SHW, and its up to SHW to
>> attempt to retrieve it (which would fail if the URL is private/protected
>> by some means).
>> 
>> Perhaps we could have a dummy 'private' or 'non-free' license added to
>> (guix licenses), that the 'check-archival' procedure would check to skip
>> the archival request?  This would need to be documented (mentioning it's
>> not for use for packages carried in the Guix collection, but for end
>> users working on a software not meant to be distributed).
>> 
>
>   You have now brought the discussion full circle; you can pick it up at
> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2024-06/msg00225.html.

Thanks, sorry for missing it.  I like the replies from Ricardo there.

-- 
Cheers,
Maxim

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