Hello, 2007/12/3, Jim Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On 12/2/07, Aitor Santamaría <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > But programs that are in the "distributions" can be assumed to be > re-zipped pkgs, especially so if we choose to rename them with FDP or > PKG.
That is good. Then you could go along with an standard. Perhaps re-versioning the packing howto. Reviewing other things, as the must of including the LSM file somewhere (as in the header), and the possible extensions to the LSM (see below). > Interestingly, at one point on FDPM we had considered adding > dependencies and post-install tasks a-la the RPM spec (%dependencies% > and %pre% and %post% sections after the "End" in the LSM.) But we > never followed up on it while I worked on FDPM. What I am then a bit lost is, what and where is the use of the XML file that was mentioned in other parts of the conversation? > If we're open to discussing the pkg format, I'd like to suggest 3 things: > > 1. adherence to the directory layout (already defined, but probably > not well known) > > 2. move the LSM file out of the zip file archive, and into the zip > file comment header. This makes it easier for programs built using zip > file tools to easily read the LSM header without having to unzip part > of the archive just to read a single APPINFO/______.LSM file. > > 3. adherence to the LSM file format. We have a lot of LSMs out there > now that don't follow the LSM format very well. We should either move > back to what the LSM spec actually says, or agree that we're > abandoning it and choose some other file format for pkg info. > The (2) idea is great, specially if it can be extracted using a C API too! As for the rest, I would simply re-version the how-to that talks about packing (the contribution howto?). Aitor ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
