Re: [OctDev] main ported to the package system

[David B. <Dav...@mo...>]

S=C3=B8ren Hauberg wrote:

>Besides these details it looks good, and I think this should be applied
>to CVS. Assuming this gets accepted into CVS, what else is needed to aid
>package developers?
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Ok, one problem I have is how to treat additional directories in the
package. For example in the comm and fixed directories there are
directories called doc and in fixed there is a directory called
examples. The doc directories contains partial documentation that is
completed automagically using the mkdoc and mktexi files to create a
.texi file that can be treated with makeinfo, etc.

Ideally, what I would like is that the documentation is built at the
time the package is created from the CVS, with the pdf version left in
the doc sub-directory and the info version copied to inst/. I'd also
like that the examples directory is copied to the package without change.

Basically I see that this requires several changes the the release.sh
script where there is

1) A means of specifying the sub-directories that are to be copied
directly to the package and which files in these sub-directories to
include or ignore
2) A means at the time the package is constructed from the CVS to run
configure/make on arbitrary sub-directory (to find makeinfo for example)

There are probably multiple ways of implementing the above, but you
Soren as the one with the most knowledge of the package manager might
like to suggest the way that is the simpliest. Perhaps a Makefile in the
Root of each package directory, that is not included in the package.
This might include a file from the directory above with basic directives
to construct the package, which might be supplemented by the developer
as needed. That is including additional files and directories and
building certain parts of the package when the package is constructed.

Your thoughts?

D.

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