On Saturday 16 December 2006 05:56, Erich Focht wrote: > > Oh, I understand. These are the pakages which have a serious %install > section in the .spec file. IIUC you want to be able to do "make install"? > There is typically no need to compile. Could be easilly done, I think. > Let's aim for it for the 5.1 timeframe.
If we can do that, that will be a nice little improvement for me. :-) > > There is a corner case: a type (2) package which needs a quick fix. > Typically this fix is done as a patch and the patch is included in the > .src.rpm . If you already have a debian make system in the package's source > tree, we could use the "rpmbuild -bp" method to unpack and patch, after > this you run the debian make stuff. It's a corner case between (1) and > (2)... Actually it is not really a problem: for SystemImager on Debian, we (to be honest more Dann than me) apply few patches and it does not create any major problems. Typically i think the way to deal with that case it to create a new package. Let's say the package is foo-2.3.1 and you found a bug, you have to apply a patch. It is pretty simple to create a new "version" foo-2.3.1-gv1 that includes the patch. Of course, you have then to discuss with foo developers in order to integrate the patch directly into the source. Anyway, just long sentences to say that this case is not a problem for me currently. :-) > > > So at the end, everybody seems to agree on the way to proceed. Is it in > > the developer documentation? if no, should we add it (i am ready to do > > it)? > > I'd be thankful if you could add it! Ok i will do that ASAP. -- Geoff ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
