On Dienstag, 10. Juni 2003 08:12, Ben Burton wrote: > > 2). I've build the koffice-i18n packages in the same way that the > > kde-i18n packages are. That avoids 37 source packages at least but only > > gives you the languages. > > Sure, it was always going to come from one source package. It's the 37 > *binary* packages I was worried about, which is what the end users have > to deal with. > > > Also it scales much better because you just have to take the > > kde-i18n package's debian dir and change it accordingly to spit out > > koffice-i18n-* packages. > > This is certainly true, but then again being easier on packagers doesn't > necessarily mean it's the best solution for debian. > > > That's the way things are handled since koffice 1.2 > > and if we continue this way we won't break upgrading for those who have > > koffice installed on woody. > > While I'm not arguing against option (2) specifically, I disagree with > this reasoning. Debian should not in general abide by whatever decisions > are made by third-party packagers for unofficial repositories, since > often such third-party packagers have different priorities, e.g., > "let's make this software available right now" as opposed to "let's make > sure this software integrates well with the rest of debian". I'd rather > make sure we make the best decision when uploading to sid than just > continuing the status quo defined by unofficial packagers. > > Again I'm not arguing against you, your packaging or option (2); I'm > arguing against your logic. :) It's looking at the moment that the 37 > binary packages is indeed close to the optimal decision in these > circumstances. I'm not insisting on that that logic is the main reason for doing so :-) It's that I thought at that time that that's the only viable solution which we end up with now to go into debian as well, so you could say it's a pleasant coincidence :-) Ralf > > Ben. -- We're not a company, we just produce better code at less costs. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ralf Nolden nolden@kde.org The K Desktop Environment The KDevelop Project http://www.kde.org http://www.kdevelop.org
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