On Thu, Apr 16, 1998 at 06:24:08PM +0200, Klasa wrote: > >> Get the sources and compile them yourself (support, libs, base (the > >> rest in any order)). This requires a pretty fat developers installation of > > > >This could be done I suppose.. But it has a disadvantage too in that it > >defeats the purpose of packaging the thing. > > There is always a tradeoff between controll and accessability... > > >Thinking that line, what would then be really nice is a debianized package > >version done "properly", in an attempt to make the whole thing as close to > >policy as possible (and have resolvable deps..) > > To tell the truth I would much rather see a unified installation system, but I > suppose that is not to be easily done when every dist has it's own (bizare) > set > of rules for maintenance.
Bizare? Debian has policy guidelines. There are rules specified that we believe provide the best way to manage a distribution. There are good reasons for all of them. A unified installation system will come. It is called POSIX packages, and soon all distrbution will use it. With 'soon' I mean just a few years, which is not too long. Nevertheless, there will be differences between the distributions, but they will be smaller. Sure all will probably use COAS someday (for administration). > >Granted, since I do not know what the helpful tools are for making .deb > >files I would end up building the package directories by hand, but hey. > > Yes, why not? It is after all the only truly general installation procedure to > date. Actually, KDE impressed me alot since the configuration/compile scripts > could easily have been hidden behind some fancy graphics stuff. there are several tools to build *.deb files. So you can build one from scratch, or repack existing files. You can also convert *.rpm and tarballs with "alien". YMMV. Thank you, Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god." Debian GNU/Linux finger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.org master.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] for public PGP Key http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ PGP Key ID 36E7CD09 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
