[Xastir-Dev] Re-org of file releases?

[Gerry Creager N5JXS]

One thing we can and should consider is the concept of rewriting 
README.1st to be just a little more explicit (no sarcasm intended). 
It's pretty good, but we need to get an editor involved... like my 
wife... who's not already intimate with makefiles and autoconf.

gerry

Chuck Byam wrote:
> On Wednesday 30 October 2002 15:00, Curt Mills, WE7U wrote:
> <<snip, snip>>
> .| Options:
> .|
> .| 1) Rename the file to include "slackware-8" in the name.
> .|
> .| 2) Hide it altogether and just leave the tarball's available for
> .| download (no binary files available for download).
> .|
> .| 3) Create another heading or subheading (if possible) in order to
> .| group binary releases in an easily recognizable manner.  I haven't
> .| checked yet whether this is possible with the current file release
> .| system.  There may be some capabilities that we're not using though
> .| that would help to organize what we have.
> .|
> .| Other options?
> 
> The only way that I can see that this could be done in a manageable way would 
> be to build debs and/or rpms of a stable release (at least more frequent).  
> The problem with building packages is maintaining them, and in the case of 
> rpm's, the sometimes significant differences between distro's.  Tarballs 
> could also be included in this as well.  With respect to the "new" or 
> "neophyte" user, expecting them to be able to build from source (this 
> includes src.rpm) could, and frequently is a formidable task.  I recall we 
> had this discussion in the past and there was no concensus on what a "base" 
> rpm would look like and what dependencies would be required.  Because xastir 
> can have many dependencies depending on how it is built, this would also have 
> to be resolved before we could move forward with this.  For the brave at 
> heart there's always cvs.
> 
> Chuck
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