-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Martin Mewes wrote: > Hi Pascal,
Hey Martin > while I share your thoughts I'd like to say something about the topic > regadring packaging ... > > Pascal Bleser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> - packagers: we need more packagers, don't forget that the whole thing >> is happening around a distribution, made of packages > > Obviously I started to create Webmin/Usermin-Packages for openSUSE some time > ago, but I stopped developing because it is still too complex for me. > > Speaking for the developer of Webmin/Usermin (Jamie Cameron) directly I > really would like to see Webmin/Usermin getting back into the distribution, > but again it's too complex. I tried to package Webmin once, that was quite some time ago, but Webmin really isn't suited nor made to be easily packaged, mostly because the setup is interactive (at least that was the only option at that time). Given that I now have a lot more experience with a lot more exotic packages, I'd say it's far from being impossible. > So why it is too complex for me? > > I should guess that there is no need for gcc'ing something, because it is > just a set of perl scripts to untar, then to sed/awk some stuff and to pack > into a rpm. But this is not completely the core. > > The problem is documentaion which is too complex for me to understand, there > is no easy one (or at least I do not find it). I should reach for > opensuse-packaging to discuss the details I know, but what I really would > like to see is something easy to use because I do not have the time to read > into complex things. At least there is no good german advisory available. > > On will I could whitepaper my thoughts a bit more. Yes please. opensuse-packaging is very, very low traffic... actually that list is near useless at the moment, unfortunately. Nevertheless, there are several experienced packagers subscribed to that list, and I'd say that if you have a question regarding packaging, be it specific to SUSE or not, or just want to discuss thing related to it, join the list, let us know. What kind of documentation are you looking for ? About RPM, generally ? About making RPMs specifically on SUSE Linux ? cheers - -- -o) Pascal Bleser http://linux01.gwdg.de/~pbleser/ /\\ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _\_v The more things change, the more they stay insane. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEX66Lr3NMWliFcXcRAuhOAJ0XzkixrLjBA0cuvD559NmTaMBhcACdExSk lCT9kDW8cysSTkUyNK2O8MA= =bBdr -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
