At 21:38 10/31/99 +0100, Bernhard Rosenkraenzer wrote:
>On Sun, 31 Oct 1999, Chris Abbey wrote:
>
>> At 14:35 10/31/99 -0500, Bill Nottingham wrote:
>> >John Summerfield ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) said:
>> >> I thought the idea of src.rpms was so users can build from SOURCE CODE.
>> >We can't ship the source code to netscape. No one can.
>>
>> so then the point of shipping a netscape src.rpm would be . . . ?
>
>Giving everyone the possibility to modify the packaging (i.e. move it
>to a different group for individual package selection, alter the
>description, ...) without having to redo everything.
OK, I'll admit I'm not the greatest RPMer in the world... far from it in
fact; but what you just described sounds like the definition of a SPEC
file, not a src.rpm to me.
>And, of course, it's much easier to build an RPM for netscape 4.8 if you
>already have one for 4.7 to start working from.
4.8! already? WOW! :) I'm still trying to download 4.7 at work.
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