No, if anything I think I may have missed yours. So you just want to check in the source in addition to checking in the binary packages?
On 12/15/06, Geoffroy Vallée <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think these are two different problems. I agree with you, it should be nice > to not check-in binary packages. But we also need a nice procedure for the > creation of those binary packages, especially since we will have to deal with > different formats. > > Currently i just try to figure out what is the best solution to address the > second issue. If we can all agree on one way to proceed, it may be > interesting to add that into the developer documentation in case new > developers join the project (they will have then the description of the > procedure for the creation of new releases for OSCAR components). > > Does it make sense? or did i miss your point? > > Le vendredi 15 décembre 2006 12:54, Michael Edwards a écrit: > > Would this be in preference for checking in the binary packages, or in > > addition to it? > > > > I would think it would save space the repository if we only kept the > > source checked in and just make the binaries as part of the nightly > > build process or something like that. Or is this outside the scope of > > what you are talking about. > > > > Just thinking out loud... > > > > On 12/15/06, Geoffroy Vallée <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > > > I try to complete the basic port to Debian and Erich did the following > > > comments during one of our email exchange: > > > "Actually many RPMs are not in the pkgsrc, so nobody should simply expect > > > to find it there... > > > Geoffroy, can't you just build a deb with alien?" > > > > > > The answer is definitively no, i cannot use alien. Alien cannot create > > > good packages: > > > - dependences are not handled correctly, > > > - the final package is not compliant with Debian policies. > > > > > > So my general question is the following: why do we not manage binary > > > packages in a better way? Today, all the code for OSCAR packages is not > > > available via pkgsrc (svn), and if the code is in svn, tags are not > > > created for each new release. Based on that it is very difficult for me > > > to match the version of Debian packages to the version of RPM packages. > > > Therefore, it is very difficult to maintain OSCAR on Debian. > > > I like the idea to have the code of the different OSCAR parts in the svn > > > repository and create tags for new release. This is not really time > > > consuming and at the end, it is pretty neat to maintain both RPMs and > > > Debs. But all developers have to accept this rule. > > > > > > Any thoughts? > > > > > > Regards, > > > -- > > > Geoffroy > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > > > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share > > > your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn > > > cash > > > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Oscar-devel mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oscar-devel > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share > > your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash > > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > > _______________________________________________ > > Oscar-devel mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oscar-devel > > -- > Geoffroy > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Oscar-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oscar-devel
