Looking at all that Etoile is (a framework, an window manager, several handy apps of various kinds), I think there are two possible ways to go about packaging it, but I don't know which way is more beneficial to users.
1) Package pieces separately (i.e. core framework, Azalea, Melodie, etc.) with a meta-package for the whole of "Etoile". Pro: if you want just a particular app you could build just that. Cons: more maintenance for packaging, more understanding needed on part of the packager. 2) Single package. Pro: probably the simplest and quickest approach. Cons: have to install the whole thing even if you only want part of it, harder to categorize since so many different kinds of things are included, failure of any component to build properly means the entire package wouldn't be available. What are other packagers doing? Looking at how other similar software (KDE, Gnome, GNUstep) is packaged in pkgsrc, it looks like #1 is preferred. How feasible is this to do with the current structure and build system? Is this as easy as descending to the subdir for the component and running make from there? Are dependencies within Etoile detailed somewhere (other than makefiles themselves)? Thanks, Tim _______________________________________________ Etoile-packaging mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/etoile-packaging
