Re: CDD-package inside of Debian or out? (WAS: Re: let's etch a common way of using debtags for CDDs and beyond!)
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On 20-05-2005 22:03, Sergio Talens-Oliag wrote:
> El Fri, May 20, 2005 at 04:27:34PM +0200, Jonas Smedegaard va escriure:
>
>>>>My idea is that the moment all parts of a CDD is part of Debian, the CDD
>>>>has become irrelevant: The main Debian distribution is then able to do
>>>>all of the CDD itself.
>>>
>>> Sure, but you need to provide your package selections and the customizations
>>> scripts, that's what I want to include on Debian, that is, one CDD equals
>>> one deb.
>>
>>Debian packages are "source packages" used to generate software, and
>>"binary packages" containing ready-to-use software.
>>
>>I see cddtk "CDD profile packages" like source packages.
>>
>>Binary packages fits fine in the Debian archive (as does udeb binary
>>packages) but not show up using aptitude.
>
>
> I believe we are almost saying the same, but maybe you miss my point about
> the CDD binary package; for me it is like generating pdf and html versions
> of a file from source when building a documentation package, the CDD source
> package includes the CDD description, but the distributed .deb is parsed and
> validated by the CDDTool and can be used to install, upgrade and remove a
> CDD using a cddtk-runtime with minimal needs (shell scripts).
>
> The generation of the .deb is useful because it assures that the distributed
> description has been parsed correctly and also because we reduce the needs
> of the installation system (i.e., we avoid python or perl dependencies),
> usually not so important, but useful for installation systems and for any
> CDD that wants to have minimum requirements.
I think I got it now...!
(I actually intended to say something completely different, but then I
ended up arguing myself to death :-P )
- Jonas
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