From: Xabier R. C. <xrc...@ig...> - 2007-09-19 08:38:46
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O Mar, 18-09-2007 =E1s 19:58 +0200, Jorge Barreiro Gonzalez escribiu: > Another thing I'm doing is splitting the packages. I divided libfisterra = in=20 > libfisterra-common, libfisterra-client and libfisterra-server. In additio= n=20 > every lib* package has its lib*-dev, lib*-dbg and lib*-doc package. >=20 > That division has its advantages. One can install only what really needs = and=20 > nothing else,and a library can evolve independently of the others (the au= th=20 > module could be upgraded and become binary incompatible with its previous= =20 > version. If there's only one big package with all modules, every module = must=20 > be upgraded without real changes. ). >=20 > The problem comes with bmodules. There are 10 modules, most with 3 versio= ns=20 > (common, client and server), and adding the -dev, -doc and -dbg packages,= =20 > there will be near 100 packages. It can be really hard to work with that=20 > amount of packages. Not only for creating them, but for using them.=20 >=20 > There are scripts for creating them, and metapackages for using them but = they=20 > are still a lot of packages. What do you think? Would be useful to have a= ll=20 > that packages, or would be better to just have bmodules splitted in commo= n,=20 > client and server packages?=20 I thinks it's a nice work! Greetings. --=20 Xabier Rodr=EDguez Calvar Enxe=F1eiro en Inform=E1tica Telf: +34 981 91 39 91 Fax: +34 981 91 39 49 mailto: xrc...@ig... IGALIA http://www.igalia.com |