On 01/19/2015 09:48 AM, Jeremy Allison wrote:
On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 07:49:41AM -0800, James Bottomley wrote:
For fio, it likely doesn't matter. Most people download the repository
and compile it themselves when building the tool. In that case, there's
no licence violation anyway (all GPL issues, including technical licence
incompatibility, manifest on distribution not on use). It is a problem
for the distributors, but they're well used to these type of self
inflicted wounds.
That's true, but it is setting a bear-trap for distributors.
But not unique. Most distros are behind on fio anyway, so most people do
end up compiling on their own.
Might be better to keep the code repositories separate so at
lease people have a *chance* of noticing there's a problem
here.
But that's a pain for users, I'd much rather include it and let the
distro sort it. They can just add --disable-smb or something to their
configure scripts.
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Jens Axboe
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