2007/12/15, Randy McMurchy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Alexander E. Patrakov wrote: > > > Well, suppose that the "default mount options" bug is magically > > resolved, and someone wrote a BLFS page for policy-kit. Still, there > > are two drastically different configurations: with and without HAL, > > that are both valid, and both have to be documented. I.e., twice the > > work than for a typical binary distro that supports only one of those > > two configurations. > > As I mentioned before, I believe XFCE to be the exception > more than the rule. And for XFCE, there would be nothing > wrong with stating "The instructions below will install > and configure XFCE to be used without HAL. If you wish > to use HAL for mounting removable media, you'll need to > install policy-kit and yada, yada, yada. BLFS has not > tested this configuration". > > That way we present a known working configuration with > a mention of the other configurations.
OK. > > On the bright side, Archaic has provided some feedback and noted some > > inaccuracies in the text that was copied over from the old page. If > > you verify the build size, the fact that the instructions are > > sufficient to avoid HAL even if it is installed, and fix the link to > > the URI perl module (it should link to an anchor on the "perl modules" > > page instead of CPAN), I will fix the textual issues and uncomment the > > page. OK? > > Sounds great to me. The Perl modules all have existing anchors > already. It simply means that the XFCE page needs to be updated > to point at the anchor (trivial). Well, it is true for perl modules that have a bridgehead tag. Currently, URI is only mentioned as a dependency of libwww-perl, and doesn't have anything that can be put into the linkend attribute of the xref tag. <snip the "We can only do our best" point, it is valid> > One thing I see that could be helpful is to list similar > packages (packages which do the same or similar things) on > BLFS pages. For example, on the K3B page, we could list other > packages out there that do CD/DVD recording. On the MPlayer > page, we could list other packages that are media players, > etc., etc. Yes, good idea. Maybe we should list similar/related packages, further directions (as I have done with Xfce), etc. > I like to look at BLFS not as an all-encompassing book of > facts, but instead a resource to help folks build packages, > and learn the basics of building open-source software. BLFS > will never be a resource that will provide instructions for > each and every package, it is only a resource that documents > what other folks have discovered, and then tries to get that > information out to others. I agree, but for me, BLFS is not just a collection of packages to build. Architectural overviews such as the one we have for X window system are also important. -- Alexander E. Patrakov -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
