More details about my proposed change to the essential packages. I've now made some packages, in my experimental tree, which can serve as placeholders for the new splitoffs of essential packages during the transition.
Here's how it would work: First, I'll put these new packages (for things like gettext-dev and gettext-bin) into both the stable and unstable trees. These packages are "Type: bundle" which install no files and depend on nothing. Their version/revision numbers will match those of the currently installed essential packages. (Before you ask "why", keep reading.) Second, I'll add the line BuildDepends: bzip2-dev, gettext-dev,gettext-bin, libiconv-dev, libconv-bin, ncurses-dev to every existing fink package, in both stable and unstable trees. Now the necessity of those "transitional" packages becomes clear: they let me add the BuildDepends in both stable and unstable at the same time, without messing up anybody's builds. Third, I'll release fink-0.13.1 and also the new splitoffized versions of the essential packages to unstable. Hopefully, everything will go well, but perhaps I should put a "how to downgrade" note on the website as this is happening, just in case? (The downgrade will be complicated, involving --force-depends and so on...) Finally, after testing, we could move both fink-0.13.1 and the newly splitoffized essential packages to stab.e Comments? Questions? -- Dave ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Etnus, makers of TotalView, The best thread debugger on the planet. Designed with thread debugging features you've never dreamed of, try TotalView 6 free at www.etnus.com. _______________________________________________ Fink-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-devel
