On Mon, 24 Apr 2006, Don Armstrong wrote: > On Mon, 24 Apr 2006, Yaroslav Halchenko wrote: > > >...< > > 1. There are two possible packaging schemes > > a. Keep only original .xpi in the .orig.tar.gz, and extract/dpatch it > > at build time. > > b. Keep unzipped .xpi in .orig.tar.gz. > c. Distribute the actual source code in the orig.tar.gz. > >...< doh... how could I forget about this one? ;-) > Otherwise it's a PITA to actually patch the .xpi, as you have to > unpack it, unpack the jar, patch the jar, pack the jar, pack the xpi. totally true... > See Michael Spang's work on greasemonkey for an example on how to do > this. thank you - I will check it out! > 1: Note that I personally won't sponsor mozilla modules that don't > distribute the actual source in the orig.tar.gz... xpi and jar is the source -- it is just packaged with the other than tar/gzip archiver and nested in each other to make our life fun ;-) That is why there is no alternative tarball with the "true source" is often provided (even if the license is GPL) -- at least I didn't mention any on https://addons.mozilla.org. I will check with the upstream if they will not mind provide .tar.gz as well... -- .-. =------------------------------ /v\ ----------------------------= Keep in touch // \\ (yoh@|www.)onerussian.com Yaroslav Halchenko /( )\ ICQ#: 60653192 Linux User ^^-^^ [175555]
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