From: Tony Nugent (tony@growzone.com.au)
Date: Wed 08 Dec 1999 - 19:45:50 IST
On Wed Dec 08 1999 at 16:21, Jim Jackson wrote: > Package systems are for distibutions. Distributions are for people who > want to be safe and looked after. If you want safe, wait for > your next favorite distro. And there is more than one packaging system. Right on! :) I'm playing it like this. But not because I'm "playing it safe", but because I'm managing lots and lots of computers. > Developers are often hard pressed, expecting them to release ANYTHING > other than a tar ball is not on. Remember, this is often volunteer stuff, > and volunteers are often trying to fit this stuff into a life along with > family, job and other interests! They don't need to build the actual rpm packages (although many are now doing exactly that). But it would be fantastic if they could maintain a .spec file for doing the rpm build. Even if it wasn't "maintained", one could be included that is known to work with a recent previous release. (It's possible to build rpms from tarballs if a working .spec file is included in the tarball). > IT appears you know alot about RPMs - I suggest you volunteer to create > the required RPMs for the community, this would be more constructive, and > helpful, and would take some of the development strain. It's already been done (and being done) by redhat. All it would take is to grab the .spec file from the 1.4.0 release and tweak it slightly to make it work for 1.4.1. If anyone has such a .spec file, I'll be grateful for it (in leu of the full package :-) > cheers > Jim > > p.s. Try this argument on the linux-kernel list - after donning nuclear > proof clothing :-) (Hmm... I said previously that I was not going to comment further on this. Oops :) Cheers Tony
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