It looks like you want it more reliable... Sounds very reasonable. Actually more pros (more easy for you, faster) then cons (file size).
As you have the most work with it, do it. -mr Mateusz Viste schrieb: > Hi people! > > So far, we have always used packaging sources and binaries differently (that > is, in separate packages, like memx.zip and mems.zip). I am trying to put > some effort these days into syncing some packages to make them ready for > v1.1, and I have to tell that handling sources and binaries in different ways > is a big pain. > Besides that, the "source" package doesn't contain its own LSM file, which > makes its hard (or at least unreliable) to keep track of what source is > installed in what version. > > Therefore, I am proposing to drop the "sources / binaries" way of thinking, > and stay with one package per program. For example, a "mem.zip" package would > contain both sources and binaries. It would allow me to work much faster on > packaging, and hopefully could lead to a v1.1 sooner. > > Some reasons to do that (quotes from Eric): > - it is easy to delete /source/mem/* to keep only binaries, > - it is not really allowed with GNU GPL License to publish binaries without > sources anyway, > - it can be hard for people to find exactly the right version of the sources > manually later, so it is best to include them, > - it makes life easier for installing and you can always drop the sources > after installing. > > Please tell me what are your opinions in that matter. > > Best regards, > Mateusz Viste > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
