strange source packaging?

Robert Collins robert.collins@itdomain.com.au
Fri Apr 19 05:28:00 GMT 2002



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Earnie Boyd [mailto:earnie_boyd@yahoo.com] 
> Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 3:13 AM

> I'll add another penny to make it 2c.  I agree with Chris 
> that I'd rather already have the patch applied.  

Why? If it's for ease of use, then fine - I agree that what the user
receives should be patched. However that is somewhat orthogonal to how
the download is accomplished.

> I 
> differences from pristine supplied would be nice but if I 
> really care I would go and find the originals.  

That's not actually the point. The point is that with some minor
setup.exe tweaking, the source download can be done it two parts:
'pristine' + (patch[es] & scripts). Then when a local adjustment is
made, but the upstream hasn't released a new version, users can get the
new source trivially - setup should be smart enough to see the pristine
tarball in the /usr/src (or wherever) directory and just download the
appropriate patch set.

Rob



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