On 30 Apr 2010, at 15:23, Jack Howarth wrote: > I believe the submissions for gcc45-4.5.0-1001 and gcc44-4.4.4-1000 > are basically done. While I realize that JF wants to always have the > info files present under their original names (sans suffix) when the > main > gcc4x package is deinstalled, I don't think this is 1) easy to do and > 2) worth holding up the packages. We should assume that the users > aren't > total idiots and will realize that, like the programs and man pages, > the > info files are also suffixed. If Daniel wants to update the packages > later with some more elegant approach to retaining the info files with > their original names, he is welcome to do so. My only concern about > the > merit of that approach is the following. It is entirely unclear to me > how (except by resorting to an explicit path to the info file) that > the user would know exactly which info file he is looking at. So for > example, if you wanted information on the new LTO features in gcc > 4.6.0, > how would you know that you aren't actually looking at the older info > file from gcc 4.5.0. It almost seems like the solution (co-existing > info files under the original names) would be as bad as the original > problem (having to use the -fsf-4.x suffix).
Just wanted you to give some serious consideration to dmacks's suggestion, and maybe discuss it (privately) with him. It IS important that info pages be correctly linked. Jean-Francois ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Fink-devel mailing list Fink-devel@lists.sourceforge.net http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.devel Subscription management: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-devel
