Glynn Foster wrote: > Hey, > > Thomas Wagner wrote: > >> If ever possible, spec-files-extra scould target the most popular >> releases and if a .spec is picked up by other repositories, they >> should not be deleted from the old location too early. >> > > Perhaps the idea of creating an 'archive' sub-directory, and moving old spec > files into that once they've been adopted elsewhere. Part of the reason why I > think spec-files-extra works, is because it keeps up with the latest changes > in > the Nevada tree - and I would encourage that to continue. > > I'd like to see spec-files-extra have a lot of churn as spec files get moved > into more official repositories, and new spec files are created temporarily. > Ideally, everything in spec-files-extra would be on pkg.opensolaris.org at > some > stage. >
I will strongly vote for an archive subdirectory where spec files can be moved with the appropriate changelog in that file mentioning which repository that has been officially moved to. It is extremely frustrating to have spec files suddenly disappear after you do an svn update. Regards, Moinak. > > Glynn > _______________________________________________ > desktop-discuss mailing list > desktop-discuss at opensolaris.org >
