Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2018 22:02:47 +0700 From: Eugene Grosbein <eugen@FreeBSD.org> To: Mathieu Arnold <mat@FreeBSD.org> Cc: ports-committers@freebsd.org, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, svn-ports-head@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r464889 - in head/sysutils/cpupdate: . files Message-ID: <5AB12297.2090101@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20180320084708.27t2g6cfvb7us7zq@atuin.in.mat.cc> References: <201803181027.w2IARJw3075413@repo.freebsd.org> <20180320084708.27t2g6cfvb7us7zq@atuin.in.mat.cc>
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On 20.03.2018 15:47, Mathieu Arnold wrote: > On Sun, Mar 18, 2018 at 10:27:19AM +0000, Eugene Grosbein wrote: >> Author: eugen >> Date: Sun Mar 18 10:27:19 2018 >> New Revision: 464889 >> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/ports/464889 >> >> Log: >> sysutils/cpupdate: - correct ONLY_FOR_ARCHS_REASON message; >> >> - be more specific in the COMMENT and pkg-descr: mention x86-centricity; >> >> - in addition to CPM option, add INTEL convinience option to ease > > I am not sure I understand why those are non default options (and why > they are options at all, in fact) as they both seem to have important > content that people will need. All installed files must be added to pkg-plist and therefore included into the package. However, platomav/CPUMicrocodes is really distinct project and its growth is not syncronized with cpupdate. More serious problem may steam from copyright issues: Intel's license allows end users to utilize published CPU microcodes but I do not know if FreeBSD project has special permission to package and redistribute Intel's microcode files. Intel's general licence does not permit redistribution and I do not want to limit redistribution of cpupdate package itself due to copyrighted blobs added to the package.
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