-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 12:59:30PM +0200, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: >[David Farning] >> 2. There is concern about the complexity of the current packages >> packages for debian. > >[Jonas Smedegaard] >> Just a slight clarification: There is nothing new in Holger arguing >> against the use of CDBS. And there is nothing new in my intend to >> keep packaging simple. > >Is CDBS the simple or complex packaging in this context?
That depends on what you want simple: CDBS is an additional packaging layer on top of core building tools (like autotools or CMake) and packaging tools (like debhelper). So CDBS-based packages are more complex to initially setup, as you need to understand more mechanisms. CDBS takes care of more things. So CDBS-based packages is simpler to maintain. My primary aim is simplest possible package _maintainance_. It is not simple to create a CDBS-based package truly from scratch. If instead you create a package by looking at some existing similar package already packaged using CDBS, then I believe it is relatively simple. But I would dare say the same is the case for debhelper: Writing a package truly from scratch without either using some kickstart tool to generate debian/rules or by coying from other existing packages, it is certainly not simple to use debhelper directly. Yes, debhelper v7 makes it simpler, but eg. keeping track of build-dependencies is not. - Jonas - -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist og Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ - Enden er nær: http://www.shibumi.org/eoti.htm -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkiNuzIACgkQn7DbMsAkQLh0jACeOGqOFIu4HOkg6zHv41tYZif6 l1MAn15NSn986wakX8LrToWExSMDN7SS =IE2z -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
