zenity

From: Piotr P. Stefaniak <pstef_at_freebsd.org>
Date: Sun, 29 May 2022 17:51:52 UTC
On 2022-05-28 16:02:51, Devin Teske wrote:
>
>> On May 28, 2022, at 2:59 PM, Alfonso S. Siciliano <alfix86@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Is there any objection to delete $DIALOG/LGPL-dialog/Xdialog to
>> provide only the support for bsddialog(1) in bsdinstall(8)?
>>
>
>I object.
>
>I and another developer are adding support for zenity
>
>https://github.com/FrauBSD/pkgcenter/tree/bsdconfig/zenity/depend/bsdconfig <https://github.com/FrauBSD/pkgcenter/tree/bsdconfig/zenity/depend/bsdconfig>
>
>There is also work to resolve the namespace issues in bsdinstall
>
>https://github.com/FrauBSD/pkgcenter/tree/bsdinstall/namespace/depend/bsdconfig <https://github.com/FrauBSD/pkgcenter/tree/bsdinstall/namespace/depend/bsdconfig>
>
>I am in favor of keeping $DIALOG/LGPL-dialog/Xdialog support where it exists until those efforts can be completed.

Does your plan mean that instead of eradicating *GPL-licensed software
from base, we will be adding more of it?

Piotr