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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