[DO-274] RFC: Do we need package configuration importer for DOS?

[Etsija]

People have been using ORT for doing curations for a long time, and in the process have gathered valuable information and licensing details for packages. This information is usually stored locally and/or in repos, as package configuration directories with source_artifact.yml / vsc.yml files in them, specifying the license conclusions and path exclusions made.

This RFC is for discussing the need for building a tool with which the said curation information could be imported to DOS, using the DOS API / or the curation UI.

Questions to be answered:

• Do you see if there would be a need for such a tool?
• How would the tool be built? As an ORT plugin (without a UI), or a simple "directory importer" at curation UI? Both are possible, and both have their benefits and drawbacks I think
• Would the existence of such a tool tempt new users to start using DOS?

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