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Re: task packages ???



On Thu, Nov 22, 2001 at 10:54:22AM -0800, Randolph Chung wrote:
> > Ok, ...
> > 
> > when is the deadline for potato inclusion ?
> 
> I hope you mean woody :) base/task freeze is end of this week.

yes, woody, ...

So if i submit a ocaml task tommorrow, it would still be in time.

But, does it make sense ? Will you include it, it will be mostly as i
described before, with some nicer description and mostly the same packages.

Or do i have to propose it in its final form before you consider it ?

> > Why not have more tasks, but classify them by levels of easiness or something
> > such ?
> 
> tasksel doesn't have this concept. maybe in woody+1 ...

together with the subtasks, ...

> > mmm, i thought these were obsolet, but i guess it is just that the task- was
> > dropped from the metapackage name.
> 
> we've had metapackages for a long time. netscape for example...
> metapackages are not handled by tasksel.

Yes, i know ...

is there a new naming scheme for those now that you have dropped the task-
from them ?  That's what confused the issue for me, that and the total lack of
any information about it in the developper corner.

> > In this case, it would be better to have 2 or more metapackages, or one alone
> > ?
> 
> your call.

Ok, but these meta package are not concerned with this week end freeze, are
they ?

Friendly,

Sven Luther



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