Re: packaging policy questions re new standard
On 20 Feb 2001 16:35:59 -0500, Adam Di Carlo wrote:
>
> Correcting myself:
>
> Adam Di Carlo <adam@onshore.com> writes:
>
> > This is somewhat reasonable. I don't feel all that strongly about,
> > say, not having
> >
> > dtd/xml/slides-1.0
> > dtd/xml/slides-1.1
> >
> > In fact, dtd/xml/slides-1.0 is actually closer to current Debian
> > practice than what you proposed.
>
> I lied. You'd think I would know my own packages.
Ha! I can't remember my phone # half the time. Packages? What packages??
>
> I have
>
> dtd/docbook-xml/
> 3.1.7
> 4.1.7
>
> I think I also need to add:
>
> dtd/docbook-xml/
> 3.1 -symlink-> 3.1.7
> 3 -symlink-> 3.1.7
> 4.1 -symlink-> 4.1.7
> 4 -symlink-> 4.1.7
>
> Is that accurate? Mark, would that help for your docbook derivitives?
You're talking about the usr/lib stuff, right? Either way will work for
me-though there's something a little more elegant about
../slides/
1.0/
1.1/
Than
../slides-1.0/
../slides-1.1/
I can make either work. The top one will make the paths easier to deal
with and allows for more consistency across the board: it would seem a
little odd to give the derivative-based directories
names+version-numbers, but not to do so with docbook-xml. Inconsistent,
you know. Do you agree?
But if we version the top-level docbook-xml dir (e.g.
xml-docbook-4.1.2), things get complicated very quickly. In fact,
upgrades to docbook-xml might then hose everything underneath it. Can
you see my point? BTW, these things are not at all obvious unless
you're actually packaging the stuff.
Believe it or not, my primary goal here is to keep the structure simple,
second would be workable and upgradeable, third: consistent (hence
predictable), fourth: elegant/clean (more of a luxury, really).
I'm still not clear as to the layout you'd like to see under
usr/share/sgml/docbook. Are you OK with the new tree looking like:
../share/sgml/docbook/
4.1.2/
3.1.7/
slides/ etc..
Gimme some feedback.
Thanks,
Mark
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