chainguard-dev / chainguard-dev/melange
Allow copyright/license in subpackages
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Description
While the APKBUILD allows one to set the license for subpackages (see e.g. APKBUILD for util-linux), melange does not allow that. Please make it possible. This is very interesting for packages that have distinct sets of software that might have incompatible licenses. Also see util-linux for that, which has "GPL-3.0-or-later (...) AND GPL-2.0-only" in its license list (which are incompatible but applicable to distinct software sets).
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reviewing the util-linux APKBUILD example referenced in the issue, then locate melange's handling of package and subpackage license metadata. Trace how subpackages are represented and validated. Done means subpackages can declare distinct license expressions, including the separate licenses described in the issue.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- go
- Domain
- build-system
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100