Yaakov (Cygwin Ports) wrote:
Chuck Wilson wrote:
| cygport-cvs-topdir.patch:
CVS_MODULE already supports subdirectory checkouts. What is gained here?
Yes, and then I get:
foo-1.2.3-1/src/StupidModuleNameThatHasNothingToDoWithMyPackage/MyPackage/*
with subdir checkouts using CVS_MODULE. You are correct in that I don't
get any of the contents of
StupidModuleNameThatHasNothingToDoWithMyPackage, except for the one
subdir, MyPackage, that I care about. However,
(a) my "orig" src tarball, if generated via cygport * get, has an
extra directory level in it, that src tarballs created via 'make dist'
do not have.
(b) I have to override all src_*() methods to add an extra 'cd
MyPackage', because there is no Makefile or configure script in
${S}="..../StupidModuleNameThatHasNothingToDoWithMyPackage".
(c) Sure, to avoid (b) I could set
SRC_DIR=StupidModuleNameThatHasNothingToDoWithMyPackage/MyPackage but I
don't want to do that, especially because of (a).
I want
foo-1.2.3-1/src/MyPackage/*
and an "orig" tarball that looks like
MyPackage/*
So I can treat it like a normal package. I can't do that without -d.
Tools are supposed to empower their users, not limit them.
| cygport-postinst-hook.patch:
I would prefer a RESTRICT="postinst-doc" option, in which case one can
install the docs manually during src_install(). I hope to make a patch
in the next few days.
You favor the cars-on-streets model: stay on the pavement, between the
white lines, and everything will be fine. Cygwin
package-building-on-rails is streamlined, easy, and usually works great
even for newbies. Except when it doesn't, and there isn't enough
flexibility to go somewhere offroad.
I favor the boat-on-the-water model: go anywhere you want -- but if
you're not careful you can run aground or drift too far out to sea. I
figure the maintainers are all grown up, and can navigate their craft
without help -- or restrictions -- from me.
I'll point out that 'postinst-doc' means, obviously, that you can
customize only the post-installation-of-various-documents, and nothing
else. With a hook, the maintainer has maximum freedom -- to do things
post-auto-install that neither you nor I have thought about -- but then
he might get shipwrecked, too.
| cygport-custom-cmds.patch:
I'll have to think further about this one.
...the ultimate boat-on-the-water patch...
--
Chuck
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