Mail Archives: cygwin-apps/2001/11/02/03:33:41
On Fri, 2001-11-02 at 19:21, Charles S. Wilson wrote:
> Robert Collins wrote:
>
> > Oh, the other point: There's no need for the tarballs to change if they
> > current extract into the correct location. (/ IIRC)
>
>
> Well, the *names* need to change. Currently, they are named cryptically
> like "Xbin.tgz" and "Xf100.tgz" and "Xetc.tgz". No version numbers --
> and the source package is monolithic, even though there are many
> "binary" packages. It'll probably be necessary to have "fake" src
> packages (see libncurses5-X.Y-Z-src.tar.bz2) for most of these, and then
> just one "real" src package.
Yup. Thats simply a case of a few mv commands though, right?
> Also, it is unclear whether the current division into these specific
> separate binary tarballs is the appropriate division for official
> setup.exe-style packages -- although keeping the current divisions would
> be the easiest thing to do.
I believe that the division is created by an XFree86 official script,
and that they therefore correspond very closely to what
debian/redhat/suse et al distribute.
> My point: work is needed, and decisions must be made. And that ought to
> wait until after the new setup is unleashed and stabilized -- but that's
> what you said in the other message, anyway. So we agree.
Yup :}. Ok, I think setup's ready... what next? <grin>
Rob
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