[Buildroot] [PATCH v5 0/3] Add tainting support to buildroot

[Thomas Petazzoni]

Hello,

On Thu,  6 Sep 2018 00:22:10 +0200, Angelo Compagnucci wrote:
> Packages that need to resolve dependencies internally
> and use a package manager would harm the reproducibility
> of a build, moreover they escape the legal infrastructure
> not giving enough informations on licensing.
> 
> This patch adds a tainting mechanism in the form of a
> variable FOO_TAINTS that can be used to signal that
> a package harms the reproducibility or licensing under
> certain conditions.
> 
> This opens the door to include per language dependency
> managers in buildroot.
> 
> Angelo Compagnucci (3):
>   Makefile: add tainting support
>   docs/manual: adding infos about tainting
>   package/nodejs: taint the build on external modules

It would be good to include a changelog of what has been changed
between the different iterations of your series.

Thomas
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