Re: "Meta" packages

[Bob Smith <bob thestuff net>]

One of the biggest problems I've seen is that when the number of
packages is increased, the binary guys really like it, but the guys that
compile from source throw a fit since they have to do so much stuff. I
kinda came up with a solution for BLADE
(http://bob.thestuff.net/projects/blade)
 I have a build system that you run make once, and it configures
everything under it as needed. It would take alittle bit of work to
addapt it to work with gnome, but it would be worth it. Then the binary
guys have more packages (selection) and the source guys can compile just
what they want, easily. Anyone who's up to it can grab the build
directory from blade and hack as needed.


>  Julian Missig <julian linuxpower org> writes:
> 
>  > Talking with Telsa and Ankh, we came to the conclusion that it would be
>  > very nice to have meta-packages for gnome 1.4. Smaller libraries could
>  > be grouped together depending upon how essential they are, and this
>  > lessens the number of things which need to be installed. I'd simply like
>  > to bring it up for discussion. Would some kind of script be created to
>  > help those compiling it all, or what? The basic idea is to optimize the
>  > packaging and installation so that the downloads a 28.8 user has to make
>  > aren't too large, and the number of installations a t1 user has to do
>  > are minimal. I feel this will also help spread the new "essential"
>  > libraries when the time comes, and it still allows us to only update
>  > small libraries via helix-update when necessary.
>  > 
> 
>  These meta-packages sound like a lot of work, and increase complexity
>  for maintainers (each time a release is made, the relevant
>  meta-packages have to get updated).
> 
>  I think we should reserve such higher-level categorization of packages
>  for distributions at this time.
> 
>   - Maciej
> 
> 
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