Randy McMurchy wrote: > taipan67 wrote these words on 07/12/07 14:47 CST: > > >> I agree in principle, but in the specific case of the Xorg packages, the >> use of the direct download links is effectively being discouraged in >> favour of the more 'scripted' wget-method - that was why i preferred the >> less orthodox option - what do you think? >> > > There is merit to the idea of having "direct download links" just > like all the other packages. I didn't think about that. However, > from a support standpoint, I like the idea of having the wget script > as we are more assured that a package won't inadvertently be missed > by the installer. > > I've been thinking about this whilst watching a couple of the rare TV-shows that i can actually stand, & trying to come up with the clearest possible way of expressing myself - here's what i came up with...
My preference for putting the wget-list links (& ideally the corresponding md5-file links) in the 'Package Information' section probably comes down to my perspective as an 'end-user' rather than a developer, & as such, when i look at a page from the book, i don't see a 'Package Information' section, i see a 'Principal Download' section. Therefore, in the case of the Xorg pages that recommend using a supplied wget-list to download the necessary sources, that 'Principal Download' section would be the most natural place for me to find the download links i require, regardless of whether they link to upstream directly or to these in-house lists - hell, in this case the upstream links don't actually download anything anyway (but that's beside the point). I'd also like to say that i think the book's recommended method in these cases (wget-filed & scripted building of suitable sections of Xorg) is a superb innovation which the overwhelming majority of user's surely benefit from - i'm only doing things the hard way myself to learn as much as possible as i go, & to stretch the pkgusr approach until it squeaks. taipan -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
