Re: ITP: mklibs.sh
On Sun, Oct 15, 2000 at 10:58:37AM +0800, zw@zhaoway.com wrote:
>
> I wrote:
> > Please give me your advice if packaging busybox and mklibs.sh as seperate
> > packages is a good idea or not. Thanks!
> >
> > This comes to my mind because:
> >
> > 1) Seems boot-floppies won't like to come into woody (c.f. Adam)
> > 2) Packages like mkinitrd-cd depends on boot-floppies solely for these two
> > utilities.
> >
> > If it's a good idea ;-) I'd like to package 'em but I will need some further
> > help! ;-) I'm currently in NM queue, I suppose. ;-)
>
> Adam Di Carlo wrote:
> > mklibs.sh should probably be it's own package, perhaps. It's a nice
> > little utility and could use the work of more porters to get it
> > working on more architectures. I would imagine if it is packaged
> > separately, it would be easier for porters to work on.
>
> I hereby announce my ITP for mklibs.sh. And I will need a sponsor.
> Since Marcus is the author, that would be fine if you want it. ;-)
No, I don't want it, but I don't think there should be a seperate package
for a 600 lines shell script either. It's fine with me if you think it is a
good idea, though.
Thanks,
Marcus
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