Elyess ZOUAGHI wrote: > hello, > > why do we need package splitting ? personnaly i dont want to have a > complete package like gambas installed because i only need its runtime > and this goes for very other packages. > > i was messing with makepkg latly to find a way to add spliting packages > ability, > i like the rpm way but ithink it doesnt share the arch goals. > > the way ithink about is having a global PKGNFO file and a > PKGBUILD_subpkg-name for every sub package wich contains the build > scripts for it.
Splendid! Modularization can not be over emphasised. The only issue I have with this is that it depends on naming. From experience, I've personally noticed its better to have a single config file thingy, and instead have the ability to _include_ stuff into that single file, so we can achieve the same splitting by using includes or a similar functionality. Depending on a naming scheme like PKGBUILD_subpkg-name is kinda fickle :) I think a higher path to push is to support the various sections _and_ an include directive to support splitting up the configs into seperate files. > > i think this way it will always be KISS and also doesn need so much > messing on makepkg script. > > Virtually, > Elyess > > _______________________________________________ > arch mailing list > arch@archlinux.org > http://archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch > _______________________________________________ arch mailing list arch@archlinux.org http://archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch
