On Wed, Dec 16, 1998 at 01:06:37PM -0800, Jim Pick wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm going to try to get gnome-libs to build some snapshot-style > packages from out of the CVS. > > Where should we install this stuff? > > I was thinking we could put everything under /opt/dsp > > Where dsp = Debian Snapshots Project. Of course, dsp also stands for > "digital signal processor". Do you think people will get confused?
Yes. Acronym overuse is bad, and DSP has been around for a long time. How about /opt/snapshots? > What do people think of using /opt? I think it's a better choice than > putting things under /usr/local. And we don't want to put things in > the FSSTND locations, because we want to be able to install these at > the same time as the released Debian packages without causing > conflicts. I'm not fond of /opt in general, but I agree the alternatives are worse. > Also, how's this for a naming scheme? > > Regular Packages Snapshot Packages > ---------------- ----------------- > gnome-hello dsp-gnome-hello > > The idea is that both sets of packages can be installed at the same > time. By having the 'dsp-' prefix at the beginning of the name, the > packages have a nice sort order. > > Another issue that the recent Gnome freeze just brought up: now there > are two branches of the CVS - a stable branch and an unstable branch. > I'll follow the stable branch for now with my snapshots. But how > should we handle the situation in the future where there are two > branches we want to track? Perhaps snap-stable-gnome-hello? Or dsp-stable-gnome-hello if you prefer, but it's less immediately obvious. And /opt/snapshots-stable? Dan /--------------------------------\ /--------------------------------\ | Daniel Jacobowitz |__| CMU, CS class of 2002 | | Debian GNU/Linux Developer __ Part-Time Systems Programmer | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | \--------------------------------/ \--------------------------------/
