Re: [PATCH RESEND 0/4] Add package.license support to profiles

Louis Chauvet <[email protected]> writes:

> On 12/17/25 10:33, Ulrich M=C3=BCller wrote:
>>>>>>> On Wed, 17 Dec 2025, Louis Chauvet wrote:
>>=20
>>> Currently profiles does not allow using per-package license unmasking.
>>> The only solution is the LICENSE variable, which apply to all the packa=
ges.
>> What would be the application for this? I understand package.license
>> in user configuration, but why would we ever want to unmask nonfree
>> per-package licenses in profiles?

Profiles aren't just for the type we use in ::gentoo. They are often
used for custom deployments to different machine types in a fleet.

>
> My goal is to create my own custom profile to use the same set of
> packages, version, use between my laptop and my desktop.
>
> I have some non-free packages (linux-firmware, Saleae,
> intel-microcode), so for me that make sense to have a package.license
> file in the profile.

I think it's a reasonable usecase indeed.

>
> For information, I also opened a pull request on Codeberg [1] because
> I wasn=E2=80=99t sure if the mailing list was active.
>
> [1]:https://codeberg.org/gentoo/portage/pulls/1