Re: Missing License in official archive, so cannot be redistribute extension.

On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 11:00 AM, Derick Rethans <derick@php.net> wrote: > On Mon, 21 Oct 2013, Remi Collet wrote: > >> Here is the list of some (in the ~80 I have checked) extensions where >> the LICENSE file is missing from the official archive of the last >> released version. >> >> So those extensions cannot be redistribute. > > That's a bit of a useless blanket statement. The package.xml ought to > link to the license file, so why not just extract it when it's linked > there instead? the packaging system can easily take care of that. It is defined as doc role, but yes, we look for the files. Ultimately the pecl packager should manage that. Not sure there is anyone working on this part of the installer. We could use: http://pear.php.net/manual/en/guide.migrating.customroles.defining.php to define a license role for the files element, if someone has some free time to do it. Cheers. -- Pierre @pierrejoye | http://www.libgd.org