On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 12:56 AM, Stephen Montgomery-Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > So when a new package is rolled out, for example bim-1.0.1.tar.gz, when > you untar it, it is unpredictable whether the directory created is > called "bim" or "bim-1.0.1." Some packages use the former name > convention, some packages use the latter. > > As the FreeBSD maintainer of the octave-forge-* ports, this > unpredictability can be frustrating. Can we decide from now on to stick > to one convention or the other? > > Thanks, Stephen
I think it is clear from this http://octave.sourceforge.net/developers.html that the directory should not include the version number. Perhaps that page could be tweaked to make it clearer. -- /* andy buckle */ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Benefiting from Server Virtualization: Beyond Initial Workload Consolidation -- Increasing the use of server virtualization is a top priority.Virtualization can reduce costs, simplify management, and improve application availability and disaster protection. Learn more about boosting the value of server virtualization. http://p.sf.net/sfu/vmware-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ Octave-dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/octave-dev
