Re: [PATCH] ui: 'package->recutils' serializes the source field.

[Mathieu Lirzin]

David Craven <address@hidden> writes:

> Quoting Ludo from the thread you mentioned:
>
>> (Besides, our package meta-data would probably still refer to the “real”
>> home page of the package, from which it’s trivial to get the unmodified
>> tarball.)
>
> The discussion only applies to 'guix build --source' and I can't see any
> indication from reading the thread that displaying the original source url
> would be in any way problematic. Can you quote something from that
> thread that would indicate otherwise?

I don't need to quote anything to think that:

- Providing a user tool to fetch a tarball
- Displaying a direct link to a tarball in our UI

... have the same "steer users" effect.  

Feel free to disagree, however when doubt emerges about FSDG compliance,
a consensus needs to be reached on <address@hidden>.  If you
want your change to be included in Guix, please start a discussion on
that mailing list explaining what you are proposing and ask if other
people thinks this is OK in regards of the FSDG.

-- 
Mathieu Lirzin