On Mon, Apr 08, 2019 at 05:00:21AM +0000, Mo Zhou wrote:
> Plus, it's super important to write every packaging bit into a single
> file. That would enable simple copy&pasting from github or any other
> resources. If you provide a directory, things will become more
> complicated. More impotantly, the proposed single file specification
> virtually adds NO overhead.
Obviously working implementation > perfect theoretical, but I'm confused
by your insistence on a single file without abstraction. Even an
uncompressed tarball can be cat'ed to read the contents, without
requiring a custom format. With a custom format, why not hide
implementation details like source format in "unfold"?
For the DefaultCollection example, don't we have a standardised download
tool in debian/watch? Similarly, the build script is essentially a
debian/rules in its construction. Could you get by with a `cat
debian/{watch,control,rules}`?
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Phil Morrell
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