On 06-Nov-00, 09:10 (CST), Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Nov 06, 2000 at 03:26:56PM +0100, Nils Lohner wrote: > > So I guess the system needs to support functionality that I can use > > the .orig.tgz files (no debianization) because then I can just apt-get > > source and build and have it work, meaning I can automize a dir with non- > > standard stuff on solaris. This would also make the system completely > > non-debian dependent (i.e. people can use it on hp-ux for maintaining a GNU > > tools tree in /opt by downloading, compiling and installing sources for > > example) and allow for a lot of flexibility. > > But if you have apt available, why not use the debianization? :)
A much better question is that if he wants to use the .orig.tar.gz files, and they can be built with a single line configure command, why should I spend time and effort to support non-Debian systems, especially non-free ones? Ben, I don't really see the point of all of us spending time to support non-Debian systems. I don't have much interest in seeing dpkg take over the universe. The point of having standards such as the FHS is to avoid this kind of kludgery. And yes, I maintain packages where there would be a lot more effort to follow this proposal than just sourcing the file and changing a few configure commands. Steve -- Steve Greenland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Please do not CC me on mail sent to this list; I subscribe to and read every list I post to.)
