On Monday 27 October 2008 21:48:18 David Boyes wrote: > > > > free, > > > > no problem, but i prefere spend my time with new features and bugs > > > > hunting. > > > > > > 2nd option is to package the source diffs into RPM and APT, and > > provide > > > > those via a repository. Applying a diff is a fairly simple > > operation, > > > > and people who care about most recent binaries can do rpmbuild -bb > > on > > > > their own systems easily enough if the source is correctly packaged. > > > > > > Coming up with a source patch RPM and APT template isn't rocket > > science, > > > > and it's basic support discipline to not release applications or > > updates > > > > that circumvent the software management system if there is one. > > This approach also gives you prereq control for source updates as well > as versioning, which is a Very Good Thing for commercial delivery. >
Packaging source diffs into RPM and APT packages is really a community issue so it will need to be discussed there. I think they are already doing a lot. Other than the Win32 binaries, I don't build any binaires. Within Bacula Systems, I do not think we will be releaseing source diff RPM and APT packages, but rather re-certified binaries, which is part of the value added that we want to provide. To do that requires a certain manpower, hence salaries and income to pay the salaries, but I expect we can get there rather rapidly. Regards, Kern ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-devel
