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Re: [Scsh-hackers] Going on with the packaging proposal

To: Michel Schinz <Michel.Schinz@epfl.ch>
Subject: Re: [Scsh-hackers] Going on with the packaging proposal
From: Martin Gasbichler <gasbichl@informatik.uni-tuebingen.de>
Date: Wed Nov 19 07:50:04 2003
Cc: scsh-hackers@lists.sourceforge.net
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Michel Schinz <Michel.Schinz@epfl.ch> writes:

> The current votes seem to favour the solution based on our own
> installation procedure. Although we did not specify who's allowed to
> vote, and therefore when voting ends, I'd like to move on a bit with
> the proposal. We can always change things later should the wind turn.

Agreed

[snip]

> Thus, I plan to do the following now:
>
>   - rewrite or complete the original document to incorporate the
>     various ideas that were proposed during discussion, namely:
>
>     * say something about libraries which contain C code (see Martin's
>       message on the subject),

I hope to update the scx CVS module with a completely installable
version within the next two days or so.

>     * take into account the fact that packages will be loaded using
>       the (hopefully) forthcoming -lel option, and that the "main"
>       file therefore has to be written in the exec language,
>
>     * augment the install library with one or two things I mentioned
>       in a previous message,
>
>   - augment the install library to make it possible to specify two
>     "root" directories: one which will be the final one, one in which
>     the files actually have to be installed (this will make it
>     possible to use staging directories, and is needed if the script
>     has to be useable by Debian/Fink/... packages),
>
>   - write some correct package definitions for sunterlib, sunet,
>     pgscsh and maybe some other packages (if people would like to
>     suggest one, I'd be interested; If I have time, I might give a
>     look at Mike's port of Oleg's SXML stuff, which I find pretty
>     useful).

I'm sure Andreas will help you out if you have questions regarding the
sunet package ;-)

> Considering the fact that I'm pretty busy these days, I fear that this
> will take me about a week.

Okay, we will wait for you then. Be sure to let me know if you need
any kind of infrastructure (CVS, ftp or http space, ...).


--
Martin


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