* Alexander E. Patrakov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-01-05 16:48]: > Jeremy Huntwork wrote: > > >It would definitely help the workload if some packages in BLFS were > >removed. For starters, perhaps BLFS could employ a policy that any that > >are just a simple CMMI install (or ones which are easy to tweak by > >referencing ./configure --help) won't have an entire page. Where they > >are dependencies of other packages, link to an appendix which contains > >just a URL to the developer site and any small notes about known issues, > >ie, patches/i18n/multilib. > > 1) For CMMI packages, the following information is useful: > > * The list of dependencies > * The URLs > * The fact that it is indeed a CMMI package with no build-time caveats
I support this; I was going to suggest this myself. > 2) AFAIK, Randy is going to add instructions for converting texinfo > documentation to other formats. After such addition, a previously-CMMI > package may no longer count as such. Not if the instructions are generic enough and can be put in a separate page that explains how to do it for all (most?) packages. -- Miguel Bazdresch http://thewizardstower.org/ -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
