[Bug 668566] New: GST_PLUGIN_DEFINE does not complain if there is invalid license

[GStreamer (bugzilla.gnome.org)]

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=668566
  GStreamer | gstreamer (core) | 0.10.x

           Summary: GST_PLUGIN_DEFINE does not complain if there is
                    invalid license
    Classification: Platform
           Product: GStreamer
           Version: 0.10.x
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: Normal
         Component: gstreamer (core)
        AssignedTo: gstreamer-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
        ReportedBy: jspurny at seznam.cz
         QAContact: gstreamer-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
     GNOME version: ---


I just spent 2 days looking for a bug in a new gstreamer plugin. It was
rejected and BLACKLISTED. I just couldn't figure out what was wrong.. I rewrote
the damn thing 3 times, tried everything and it didn't work.
Because we haven't decided for a license, I put "TODO" in place of license
type. I know it was my mistake, and I know that in documentation there is
clearly said:

 The licence parameter must be one of:
   LGPL, GPL, QPL, GPL/QPL, MPL, BSD, MIT/X11, Proprietary, unknown.

but wouldn't be nice to print at least some warning or something that may give
a hint about what's wrong?
I guess that may be just one line of code which may one day save some poor
half-mad programmer like me a few days.

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