Re: Forwarded: RFC: New source packaging format
> John Goerzen <jgoerzen@complete.org> writes:
>
> > Jim Pick <jim@jimpick.com> writes:
> >
> > > I've just repackaged hello using my new proposed source packaging
> > > scheme which does away with dpkg-source and uses just dpkg and
> > > standard .deb files instead.
> >
> > Oh no! This sounds suspiciously like RedHat's method! I don't like
> > it one bit. Here's why:
> >
> > 1) /usr has to be a read-write partition in order to compile programs.
> > /usr, by definition, should not have this requirement (for NFS
> > mounts and the like).
> > 2) Users would have to have explicit write permissions to /usr/src to
> > compile things for themselves.
> > 3) Unpacking to the current directory is messy.
> > 4) Diffs are not distributed alongside, having some potentially
> > nasty implications wrt our free software standards.
> > 5) Others cannot get our diffs or sources without installing dpkg.
Just thought I'd point out that 1, 2, 3 and 4 are not true for RPM.
Users can build packages in any directory, without root privs.
-Marc
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