Serge Lussier wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Geoffrey Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> I think you don't really understand what Alex was talking about
> or you don't care about the idea...
> Is your reply only to tell that it's not a good idea or what ?
>
> Regards,
> Serge Lussier
Well, to fork the whole thing, there was once the zenguin project
which was to do source tarballs and source rpms and binaries of
both. The project leader got hired by someone and so went the
project.
I think it is a safe bet to say that there is almost always a
file in the package called info or readme or install which can be
parsed for package-specific instructions. Perl or Python have
some ready-written parsers which should usually(tm) be able to
extract the install instructions and standardize the language so
that a routine could pick them up and perform the amazing feats
of legerdermain required to make an install.
On the other end--a post-install routine should(tm) be able to
pick up and associate the executables with the files it normally
deals with, and perhaps create a desktop icon or two for the WMs
installed on the machine.
And Yes, I will help. I can code in Python reasonably well if
that is appropriate.
Civileme
