On 6/1/07, Joel B. Mohler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The main relation of this to the current discussion is that gentoo solves the > patch/mainline problem by distributing patch files which are applied on the > user's computer before the build of the package in question. Sometimes there > are a large number of patches applied (I don't have a specific example, but > I'm pretty sure I've seen as many as 10-15 patches applied before a build.) > This way it is very clear to any concerned individual exactly what is coming > from upstream (the original package is downloaded as part of the install > process), vs. what is coming from the gentoo packagers.
I'm sure I'm missing something here. Could you elaborate more on how gentoo does it to solve the patching problem? If it's just a bunch of bash scripts, couldn't we write them ourselves? It seems to me that this is basically what spkg-install is doing now. didier --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URLs: http://sage.scipy.org/sage/ and http://modular.math.washington.edu/sage/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
